1. As soon as news of Trump's invasion of Venezuela hit, I watched social media light up with statements about how "we" had invaded Venezuela.
2. This the default "we" that always emerges immediately when "we" are at war: for many Americans, if it's a war, it's "our" war. No more questions asked…. "We" stand together.
3. Ironically, a large number of those same Americans acknowledge no "we" at all when it comes to their everyday non-wartime dealing with other Americans. They identify only with their tight little circles and ignore or exclude everyone beyond those circles.
4. So what is this "we" that obviously doesn't represent a "we" at all?
#Trump #Venezuela #war #AmericanExceptionalism
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UftDEofGmqE&list=RDUftDEofGmqE&start_radio=1
5. This "we" is the we of war, of the drumbeat of war. This "we" is the we of American exceptionalism, of we're bigger and better than anyone else.
6. This "we" is the we of abysmal ignorance, of the ignorance of many Americans who refuse to learn even from recent history.
#Trump #Venezuela #war #AmericanExceptionalism
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYBV4wom2Cw&list=RDvYBV4wom2Cw&start_radio=1
It's the we that refuses to learn from the history of the Vietnam War and how the lies told by the US government to lead us into that war and keep us there caused so many needless deaths of both Vietnamese and Americans, or from the similar lie-based wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
#Trump #Venezuela #war #AmericanExceptionalism
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAjQ0P0fkUA&list=RDrAjQ0P0fkUA&start_radio=1
7. "We" don't learn because we don't want to learn, don't intend to learn. Because "we" don't really value a large inclusive we at all, but only one that represents our tight, closed, knowledge-lite circles….
#Trump #Venezuela #war #AmericanExceptionalism
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVS0RU9wxOI&list=RDKVS0RU9wxOI&start_radio=1
8. And it's exactly those millions of Americans who are always ready at the drop of a hat to march to the drumbeat of war, any war, that "we" declare whom the Trump administration is counting on to energize and distract now with this unlawful invasion of Venezuela.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQfDumQceU0&list=RDEQfDumQceU0&start_radio=1
9. Because those millions of Americans are devoid of any knowledge of history and are easily distracted and manipulated, so that with this new bright and shiny object in front of them, they'll forget about rising prices, skyrocketing health insurance costs, the coverup of sexual abuse of minors by powerful men named in the Epstein files, Jack Smith's testimony indicting the sitting president for staging an insurrection.
10. Sad to say, many of those easily distracted Americans devoid of any knowledge of history and ready to march to the drumbeat of war are younger Americans whose futures — along with the futures of their children — depend on knowing better and doing better. Not giving heart, mind, and soul over to maleficent charlatans who promise the world but deliver only misery and lawlessness.
@bouriquet @wdlindsy Really? Do you believe that they don't know it? in my view, they (consciously) support it out of egotism.
The world is never fair, but it's always hungry to punish (call it 'karma').
You won't save your life or punish a villain even if you go to court for ten years straight. But later, something strange happens: the wretch receives a kind of automatic punishment that tears them apart and humiliates them, and it all comes from their own doing. It's so natural that no one could claim credit for it. There’s no doubt, either, that the wicked man brought that fate upon himself.
Don't focus on others; do good, love, and stay positive. Life doesn't last long, and there is nothing better to do with it.
William Lindsey 
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