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DEATH BY GOVERNMENT: GENOCIDE AND MASS MURDER

All told, governments killed more than 262 million people in the 20th century outside of wars, according to University of Hawaii political science professor R.J. Rummel. Just to give perspective on this incredible murder by government, if all these bodies were laid head to toe, with the average height being 5', then they would circle the earth ten times. Also, this democide murdered 6 times more people than died in combat in all the foreign and internal wars of the century. Finally, given popular estimates of the dead in a major nuclear war, this total democide is as though such a war did occur, but with its dead spread over a century

Friday, March 25, 2011

Trust the US govt. This is the road to poverty, and a complete loss of all of our rights ...

It Disempowers Us and Leads to the Loss of All of Our Rights

As Yves Smith writes today about the Truth Out article:

This revelation raises troubling questions about how programs like this relate to the coarsening of American society. Some readers will no doubt argue that trying to connect the dots between programs designed for use in combat settings and broad social trends is overreaching. Yet look at the themes Jessen stresses: control, dependency, compliance and cooperation. To use one pet example, why are people so apathetic in the wake of widespread abuses by banks, first the extortions that took place during the bailouts, and now the continued flouting of the law in mortgage servicing and foreclosures?
Although there was no single architect like Jessen for the various elements of our current economic paradigm, they do seem to work to weaken, and perhaps in some cases, to break the will of ordinary citizens to stand up to their tormentors large and small. A policy preference for higher levels of unemployment (to keep inflation down and workers in their place) have reduced many if not most individuals’ sense of control of their own destiny and increased their sense of dependence. When job tenures are short and replacement work at the same level of pay can be hard to get, that alone produces a good deal of the sought-after state, compliance.
Add to that an information apparatus which allows employers to see minor transgressions like late payment and misdemeanors such as getting arrested at protests, and you have effective mechanisms for social control. And there are those who look at the abuse of Bradley Manning, which would have seemed inconceivable fifteen years ago, and wonder who else might be deemed to be enough of a threat to merit similar mistreatment.

In other words, the failure to stand up to a heinous act not only destroys our ability to think, but also makes it less likely we will stand up to future bad acts ... thus disempowering us.

That is the road to poverty, and a complete loss of all of our rights ...

4 COMMENTS:

Carl Herman said...: Powerfully said, GW. I'm sure I speak for many of us who read your work and then invest our limited time being patriots as a "hobby" elsewhere: we appreciate your leadership. Thank you.; MARCH 24, 2011 8:41 AM
Pecosin Rat said...: This article didn't go "down the rabbit hole" of 9/11. Isn't that a perfect example of the kind of evil recognition avoidance being described here. Tall steel-frame buildings don't collapse symmetrically at freefall speed into their own footprints. Continued willfull efforts to ignore the weaknesses of this foundational story in our current national narrative threatens to undo our democracy.; MARCH 24, 2011 8:52 AM
ksdrover said...: Two words sum up the information provided. Gustave LeBon The man wrote a book called,"The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind". I highly recommend reading it. I always wondered how people could stand by and do nothing as great acts of "evil" have taken place in front of them. This book answered my question. As for religion, it gives you a warm fuzzy feeling but in reality it further incapacitates your reasoning capabilities and subtly urges you to diregard the warning signs you might otherwise heed, therefore changing your path. Great article. You put a lot of research and time into it. Too bad mainstream media doesn't put forth the same effort in exposing the bankers,politicians, and multinationals that are steering us over the precipice.; MARCH 24, 2011 11:54 AM
ghostof911 said...: Brilliant summary linking together the various aspects of the torture program, from its inception to Bradley Manning. If the purpose of the torture regime was to extract false confessions to justify the invasion of Iraq and to provide the narrative for the 9/11 cover-up, for what purpose is it still ongoing? Intimidation? Is it working? Is everyone feeling adequately intimidated?; MARCH 24, 2011 8:12 PM