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Socialistlemur

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2. Big surprise, the USA is exactly like all other countries
Fri May 24, 2013, 02:41 AM
May 2013

I tried to watch it, but it was low quality (maybe the Internet is running slow). I'm amused when I see Americans "discover" the USA is always trying to expand its imperial tentacles. What happened, too any John Wayne movies make you forget how the Sioux lands were stolen?

What needs to be understood by everybody is our human nature. We are designed to survive. And our survival mechanism involves domination of our surroundings. In this sense the USA ruling class behaves exactly the same as the elites of ancient empires, the Assyrians, Persians, Macedonians, Romans, English, Han Chinese, Mongols, Aztecs, Incas and Mayas, Zulus and Hausa, Germans, Soviets, Red Chinese, Japanese, Argentinians, Brazilians and Cubans. Everybody is the same. The key is not to fall into the most common trap there is: we are exceptional, our religion gives us special rights, our genes are better, our political system is best...or the latest lies: we want to free the people, we want to end poverty, we want social justice...when it comes to reality, what everyone of these guys wants is to control our lives and squeeze our souls.

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