Re:Conspiracy: In Theory and Practice
by sneak on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @06:26AM
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> Noam Chomsky presents lots of evidence about outrageous acts of American government in his books, and he always claimed that it all comes from official and open government sources. Yet most people are either unaware or refuse to believe it anyway.
Such is the power of the brand and the "good guys" narrative that facts often have little to do with it. You can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason their way in to.
It's easy to love the USA when it's not your neighborhood they're bombing[1], or your friends they're hiding forever in torture prisons without trial[2], or your children they're kidnapping and raping[3].
Such is the power of the brand and the "good guys" narrative that facts often have little to do with it. You can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason their way in to.
It's easy to love the USA when it's not your neighborhood they're bombing[1], or your friends they're hiding forever in torture prisons without trial[2], or your children they're kidnapping and raping[3].
[1]: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/27/us/politics/us-airstrikes...
[2]: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/10/cia-senate-i...
[3]: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/27/us/immigrant-children-sex...