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Nancy G's avatar

The depravity of mankind is intensified during times of war. Those who survive are psychologically wounded for the rest of their lives even if they manage to escape without physical injury. Hurting people hurt people.

Hitler, for example, was a victim of WWI. His trauma played a role in his own eventual psychosis. Hitler said there was a "pig-dog" in every man. Goebbels amplified that concept and appealed to that part of the human psyche.

The US is still fighting WW2. The war never ended. OSS turned into CIA. Military spending continued to increase and began to fight a perpetual war which has ruined the American economy. US had half the wealth in the world after end of war. Now? $36 trillion in debt.

We've been immersed in a propaganda war for a very long time.

It's very depressing but it's possible that more people will become aware of the degree to which they are being manipulated and demand a stop to it. Perhaps, we can end war (conflict, conflict, conflict) and cooperate and collaborate. It was JFK's vision for a new world. He was killed by the men with the psychology you described in your article. It's the task of humanity to make this dream come true.

President John F. Kennedy's "Peace Speech"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fkKnfk4k40

How to Fight (and Win) an Information War | Peter Pomerantsev | TED

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgHHRVH0NFo&t=12s

How to Stand Up to a Dictator - Maria Ressa

Scamageddon: Wealth, Power, Greed and the Grand Unified Theory of Why Our World Sucks - and How to Stop the Suck (Changing How We Use Everyday ... Environmental, and Cultural Problems)

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Blue Moon Pie's avatar

Jim, I’m wondering if these sick individuals you describe have more than one sick idea going through their minds and that these ideas need not be consistent or compatible with each other. Is the chaos we’re experiencing in part a reflection of chaos inside these sick people’s disordered minds?

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