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In reply to the discussion: Is the U.S. Crazy? [View all]The Wizard
(13,826 posts)Unfortunately, a band of radicals has managed to game the system and seize power, thus putting the levers of that power in the hands of the unstable and predator capitalists.
To effectuate any return to a semblance of sanity we must rid the landscape of Pox News and hate radio. I know this violates free speech, but free speech is not all encompassing. For instance, yelling fire in a crowded theater is illegal, as it would cause people to harm themselves and others from the reaction.
Pox News and hate radio do just that, but with a delayed reaction to the crime of lying to create disorder.
The blueprint for Pox News and hate radio was written by Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels.
So instead of trampling each other in the rush to a escape an imaginary inferno, a large number of citizens unwittingly eviscerate their own and others living standards by taking Pox News seriously and electing those who have an agenda detrimental to the vast majority of Americans.
The Military Industrial Complex Eisenhower warned against has now seized the media as well, and uses that media to promote unwarranted fear so as to convince the average voter to support all wars and military expenses associated with those wars and foreign military adventures. And like all former empires we're headed to History's dust bin because we squandered our resources becoming the ugly Americans.
A good start to restoring some sanity at home and cleaning up our image abroad would be to silence all right wing propaganda outlets that deliberately poison the minds of the public to effectuate a government that represents the vicious predators who seek to dominate our lives and steal our resources to use them against us.