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Ned B.'s avatar

Protesters in France showing the rest of us how it’s done.

They stack their garbage in the streets to put their "garbage people" on notice.

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Patrick Tracey's avatar

An excellent incisive post as always. No doubt the lies, social conditioning, flying the flag and generations of immigrants feeling the need to be more American than an American. (Will leave Columbus, native Red Indians and Viking expeditions for another time!). I think one significant factor is the isolation of the U.S.

Though America has been at war constantly since inception bar five years. None have been at home. Nor have any of the 50 recognised CIA funded coups in foreign sovereign countries. From the devastation in Japan, both world wars, Afghanistan, both Gulf wars, Vietnam and many other conflicts. The carnage, wreckage, destruction of whole families, villages and even cities have been overseas. Never has it been brought to US soil so how can the horrors war causes be truly understood unless they are experienced and the scars left.

Imagine the protests that would have hit the streets had this occurred. The protests and anguish of the body bags been flown back to the U.S. gives an indication. But the clever manipulation of the Proxy war takes the need for these protests as well, Ukrainian blood spent bear baiting Russia War is just something experienced on plasma screens indistinguishable from the huge grossing war films that the public lap up.

The mainstream media obviously pushing the official line the truth goes unheard. Even on social media platforms, particularly tik tok. Ukrainian ‘selfies’ have become so tainted they replicate scenes from xbox games complete with house music, dancing soldiers at the deaths of somebody’s son, husband, brother, dad or friend. It’s sick and psychotic and dehumanising war to generations who can’t relate to the difference between reality and gaming platforms.

Our next generation of drone pilots and likely most unmanned battlefield vehicles and aircraft are being trained in our own front rooms and bedrooms everywhere. After all proxy wars aren’t real and your not a patriot if you criticise any empire policy. It’s so black and white good versus bad. Is that why the US has refused to allow Ukraine to the negotiation table with Putins suggestion of peace talks, not even to hear terms?

Keep up your great work it is the stuff of change. As another reader said he shares your work widely with others so do I. None more so than with my son at Uni who then shares and talks with friends. Like a stone dropped in water you have no idea how far and wide your words ripple and grow. But don’t burn out. Even at my retired observer status I have to step away from it all and spend time in nature to keep my sanity.

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