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cui bono

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3. But the ruling classes and MIC aren't losing. They are profiting.

Reply to truebluegreen (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 3, 2013, 04:17 PM

Sep 2013

So they don't need to "accept" defeat, they are victorious for themselves.

But yes, the vast majority of Americans won't accept it, they're too busy listening to the drumbeat.

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"The Decade of the Stunned Superpower" -- Tom Englehardt (Long/Fascinating Read) [View all] KoKo Sep 2013 OP

The conclusion put it very well: truebluegreen Sep 2013 #1

But the ruling classes and MIC aren't losing. They are profiting. cui bono Sep 2013 #3

I agree. But "America" is losing. truebluegreen Sep 2013 #4

Yeah, I never understand greedy CEOs either, who pollute and seem to be bent on ruining the planet cui bono Sep 2013 #5

"What, after all, are we to make of a planet with a single superpower that lacks genuine enemies bemildred Sep 2013 #2

It's been a string of disappointments as opposed to what Could Have Been... KoKo Sep 2013 #6

It saddens me too. For a long time now. bemildred Sep 2013 #7

Okay... KoKo Sep 2013 #8

Oh they know we are here. We are the ignored is what we are. bemildred Sep 2013 #9