Gotta Admit... I'm Pretty Baffled By The Split And Depth Of Feeling Re:The Assange/WikiLeaks Story

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284. Don't get me wrong

I do understand your way of thinking - which is basically same as Görings:

Göring: Why, of course, the people don't want war. Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece. Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship.
Gilbert: There is one difference. In a democracy, the people have some say in the matter through their elected representatives, and in the United States only Congress can declare wars.
Göring: Oh, that is all well and good, but, voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country.

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Hermann_G%C3%B6ring

Of course Göring was right, as the history of Bush wars proves. Only real obstacle to fear mongering public into wars a la Herman is freedom of information and government transparency that makes it impossible or difficult enough to cock up the lies and keep them credible enough so that public can be sold the wars and MIC can be kept fat and happy.

I have made no secret of my position, how ever weird and extreme it may sound from your point of view. I'm social libertarian aka anarchist who does not only believe that we need nation states and governments and hierarchies and authorities to begin with, but that they are inherently evil social structures. Of course you don't have to be social libertarian to oppose Göring's logic and standard government practice of it, I just find anarchism most logically consistent and emotionally and psychologically sound political philosophy. With heart in the right place.