Very interesting. Looks a lot healthier than what happens here. If we have a large group gathering it must always be controlled and organized by the Kops. We need an enemy. We always need an enemy. Someone to hate. Always. And so many just never, ever catch on, just continue to hate whoever it is we are told to hate. I "love" also how up-in-arms everyone is about the "evil" Putin iinvading the Ukraine, but nary a peep about the lies that got us into Afghanistan and Iraq, the deaths, the trillions of dollars spent to cause those deaths, that destruction, the obscene destruction of Libya, the richest country in Africa, now a failed state with open air slave markets. Nary a peep from "upstanding" Americans. The illegal, criminal bombing of Syria, the theft of their oil - all justified because Assad is a "dictator". Don't know if he is or isn't, don't necessarily care. I care what Amerika does to prove it's morality, it's decency , which is nothing at all. But up in arms over the Ukraine. Are all people as easy to manipulate as too many Amerikans appear to be? A friend came unglued when I told her I had heard that Russia's public transportation system was better than ours (not hard at all). She refused to listen to my "disloyalty".
I'm not even sure what to say to anyone who thinks the USA does public transportation well. Only the DC metro is passable by international standards.
Your comments on the last 30 years seem to me largely in accord with what the great John J. Mearsheimer's analysis in The Great Delusion (2018):
Start quotes:
The United States has been at war for two out of every three years since 1989, fighting seven different wars. We should not be surprised by this. ...
The United States has taken aim at five countries: Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq, Libya, and Syria. It used its own military to help topple the regimes in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya but did not do so in Egypt or Syria. Nevertheless, regime change worked twice in Egypt, although not for the better. In Syria, it helped produce a bloody and disastrous civil war.
It is quite striking how much confidence Washington’s leaders had in their capacity to transform the politics of those five countries, and the region more generally. But they failed every time, bringing killing and destruction to the greater Middle East and committing the United States to what appear to be endless wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria.
End quotes.
If you have the time for it, I can highly recommend his The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities.
I just ordered The Great Delusion from the Boston Library. I haven't really noticed that we have professional pols who actually believe in democracy or have anything but contempt for the American people. Thanks for the referral to the subway photos. The U.S. prefers to use its resources to fight - or pay for - foreign wars, certainly not to improve the life of those who live here. Didn't we start out with no permanent political class? I kinow it's not illegal but it should be.
If you’re reading this on Substack (duh), and are interested in the US/UK/NATO shenanigans, I recommend Vanessa Beeley, living in Syria since 2018(?); she dropped three things this morning (US central standard time); she’s a regular contributor to UK Column News, as well as writing, interviewing, and being interviewed. This is just the one I had time for so far today; she has been banned from her own posts on YouTube for exposing BBC Special Report on Syria bias:
One has to be impressed by the amount of gear Antifa goons accumulate. Body armor plates? Helmets? Flag poles? Spray? (Not to mention their “Get Out of Jail Free” telephone numbers!)
I liked hearing arrestee #1 yipping “Help!” for the production cameras. And it worked. He’s probably still replaying the scene from the comfort of his game chair, passing the j to his compadres. “What a high!”
Very interesting. Looks a lot healthier than what happens here. If we have a large group gathering it must always be controlled and organized by the Kops. We need an enemy. We always need an enemy. Someone to hate. Always. And so many just never, ever catch on, just continue to hate whoever it is we are told to hate. I "love" also how up-in-arms everyone is about the "evil" Putin iinvading the Ukraine, but nary a peep about the lies that got us into Afghanistan and Iraq, the deaths, the trillions of dollars spent to cause those deaths, that destruction, the obscene destruction of Libya, the richest country in Africa, now a failed state with open air slave markets. Nary a peep from "upstanding" Americans. The illegal, criminal bombing of Syria, the theft of their oil - all justified because Assad is a "dictator". Don't know if he is or isn't, don't necessarily care. I care what Amerika does to prove it's morality, it's decency , which is nothing at all. But up in arms over the Ukraine. Are all people as easy to manipulate as too many Amerikans appear to be? A friend came unglued when I told her I had heard that Russia's public transportation system was better than ours (not hard at all). She refused to listen to my "disloyalty".
Revolver News did a pictorial in May: "We Found Photos of Ten Subways Around the Globe That Show Just How Far America Has Fallen." Moscow is one of the featured subways. https://www.revolver.news/2023/05/photos-of-ten-subways-around-the-globe-that-show-just-how-far-america-has-fallen/
I'm not even sure what to say to anyone who thinks the USA does public transportation well. Only the DC metro is passable by international standards.
Your comments on the last 30 years seem to me largely in accord with what the great John J. Mearsheimer's analysis in The Great Delusion (2018):
Start quotes:
The United States has been at war for two out of every three years since 1989, fighting seven different wars. We should not be surprised by this. ...
The United States has taken aim at five countries: Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq, Libya, and Syria. It used its own military to help topple the regimes in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya but did not do so in Egypt or Syria. Nevertheless, regime change worked twice in Egypt, although not for the better. In Syria, it helped produce a bloody and disastrous civil war.
It is quite striking how much confidence Washington’s leaders had in their capacity to transform the politics of those five countries, and the region more generally. But they failed every time, bringing killing and destruction to the greater Middle East and committing the United States to what appear to be endless wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria.
End quotes.
If you have the time for it, I can highly recommend his The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities.
I just ordered The Great Delusion from the Boston Library. I haven't really noticed that we have professional pols who actually believe in democracy or have anything but contempt for the American people. Thanks for the referral to the subway photos. The U.S. prefers to use its resources to fight - or pay for - foreign wars, certainly not to improve the life of those who live here. Didn't we start out with no permanent political class? I kinow it's not illegal but it should be.
Good read and good conclusion. Linking today @https://nothingnewunderthesun2016.com/
If you’re reading this on Substack (duh), and are interested in the US/UK/NATO shenanigans, I recommend Vanessa Beeley, living in Syria since 2018(?); she dropped three things this morning (US central standard time); she’s a regular contributor to UK Column News, as well as writing, interviewing, and being interviewed. This is just the one I had time for so far today; she has been banned from her own posts on YouTube for exposing BBC Special Report on Syria bias:
https://beeley.substack.com/p/has-the-bbc-collaborated-with-a-terrorist
One has to be impressed by the amount of gear Antifa goons accumulate. Body armor plates? Helmets? Flag poles? Spray? (Not to mention their “Get Out of Jail Free” telephone numbers!)
I liked hearing arrestee #1 yipping “Help!” for the production cameras. And it worked. He’s probably still replaying the scene from the comfort of his game chair, passing the j to his compadres. “What a high!”