For Warmongers It Is Always 1938: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix by Ms Caitlin Johnstone!
(2022-07-30 at 02:23:20 )

For Warmongers It Is Always 1938: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix by Ms Caitlin Johnstone!

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Hawks always say our geopolitical situation resembles that of 1938 so that any call for de-escalation, diplomacy or detente can be portrayed as "appeasement". It is never 1919, when the conditions which would give rise to World War Two were put in place, or any of the early 20th century years when the trajectory toward World War One could have easily been turned away from.

Our fetishization of World War Two has eclipsed from memory the fact that it was the single worst thing that ever happened on this planet. The trauma it inflicted upon our species still reverberates through our collective consciousness to this day, and avoiding it would have been objectively good.

Even if we fully espouse all the grandiose ego-stroking Anglo-American narratives about WWII, you do not want to have a modern Churchill and FDR bravely standing against the forces of evil. What you want is for such a stand to be unnecessary, because the conflict was avoided.

But that is not how you score political points in Washington,D.C. and London. That is not how you pull ratings as a news outlet. That is not how you sell weapons as an arms manufacturer, and it is not how you advance hegemonic agendas as an empire. That is why peace does not get a voice.

And, oh yeah, did I mention there are f-cking nuclear weapons now? Even the dumbest of warmongers should want to postpone reenacting their favorite Hollywood WWII movies in the modern world, because it is impossible to win a world war now. Stop buying this "it is 1938" bullshit. It is nothing like 1938, and a massive conflict can most definitely be avoided.

Like the Tao Te Ching says:

Prevent trouble before it arises.
Put things in order before they exist.
The giant pine tree
grows from a tiny sprout.
The journey of a thousand miles
starts from beneath your feet.

Or as we say in the west, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

The only thing dumber than the risks our leaders are taking with our world is the reasons why they are taking those risks. It is not for anything more noble or righteous than the desire to rule the world. Just stupid, garden variety power hunger.

If Ukraine has taught us anything it is that the United States and its allies should definitely stage as many aggressive provocations as possible in Taiwan.

Russia: Do not cross our red lines in Ukraine or we will take action.

United States politicians: They are bluffing. Cross those red lines.

[Russia invades.]

China: Do not cross our red lines in Taiwan or we will take action.

United States politicians: They are bluffing. Cross those red lines.

Can not believe we are adding a whole new country to risk nuclear war with just because Nancy Pelosis too f-cking old to care if she gets shot down over Taiwan.

So it looks like Ukraine has begun using United States-made weapons to strike Russian territory. At a time when dangerous escalations between nuclear superpowers is an almost daily occurrence, this one stands head and shoulders above most of the others and deserves special attention.

There are many, many potential scenarios which could spark a nuclear exchange, but the US-Ukraine-NATO alliance continually pursuing a line of attack into Russia is by far the most surefire way to get there. Let us hope that option remains off the table.

Western powers are not censoring Russian media to protect our minds from Russian propaganda, they are censoring Russian media because it interferes with western propaganda.

If we were being told the truth about this war there would not be such a wildly unprecedented push to censor, intimidate, troll and silence anyone who asks if we are being lied to.

People who are ideologically prohibited from seeing capitalism as the obvious source of societys ills are forced to make up other things to blame those ills on like elite pedovore cabals, Jews, immigrants, the LGBT community, and Satan.

Vastly outnumbering your rulers but choosing not to overthrow them because you think the status quo might someday make you wealthy is the same as having all the power in the world and trading it away for a lottery ticket.

Love so hard it terrifies you.

Keep writing poetry after your twenties.

Dismiss anyone who tells you to get thick skin.

Master the art of seeing beauty in each moment.

Find enough inner stability to let life destroy you.

Learn that it is safe to let go: there is nowhere to fall to.

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