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In reply to the discussion: 4 Things to Remember About Chile's 1973 Coup [View all]Judi Lynn
(160,516 posts)to avoid being witnesses to their own assassinations.
They have witnessed and documented unbelievable suffering, haven't they? Such excellent, penetrating writers.
Eduardo Galeano was in Colombia, once, walking in Bogotá, when he saw, written upon a wall, Let's save pessimism for better times. He saved the experience and mentioned it in a letter to his wife.
US Americans generally have NO idea of the suffering their government has inflicted upon innocent, good people for no reason whatsoever than muscle-flexing, power-grabbing, greed, and the need to dominate everything in sight. They don't know, they are also too indifferent to care in so many cases.
It all works out for right-wingers who enjoy the idea of dominating by extension millions and millions of people they see as inferior since they don't have the power to fight back, and have different physical features. There are sell-out, greedy pigs in the Americas who identify with the privileged classes, who also love being the wealthy ones in a sea of suffering, and they don't want it changed.