Reply #9: Excellent point. You're right from start to finish. To deny committing [View All]

[RichM]

venal & brutal acts, to pretend that we are always noble, virtuous, & exceptional -- this is all one of the cornerstones in the edifice of US propaganda. We are all brainwashed into it, because it's omnipresent in movies, school, newspapers & TV. Most of us have long since ceased to be aware of it; it seems as much a part of life as the air we breathe.

The answer to "When will we quit living in a state of denial" -- is probably never; and CERTAINLY never unless very major changes are made. To counter the thick smokescreen of US propaganda would require making changes that go right to the heart of how our country is really governed, & expose the kind of forces that really drive military interventions.

Basically, the propaganda system has evolved to be the way it is, because it's like a "cumulative weighted average" of the kinds of cultural policies that have proved beneficial for the powerful, over the years. The ruling class has always had an interest in using the military to achieve their private goals. Therefore, it has proved wisest for them to always glorify "the troops" and all US military exploits, & to treat any criticism of the military as showing ill-breeding, disloyalty, lacking patriotism, etc. Add this up over the years and you get an insane worship of the military, & a complete inability to let mere facts intrude on this worship.