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Satire for Sanity
Generally speaking, we all grow up believing that our parents are The Good Guys . They are our protectors and so that's natural.
Then, as we mature we transfer that trust to our government , identify with it and so become ' The Good Guys ' ourselves.
The problem arises when our ' protectors ', our government, screws up. This is where ' patriotism ' kicks in. We feel that we owe our parents/government our ' loyalty ' and we turn a blind eye to their indiscretions/crimes.
Now, quite obviously to any free-thinking person, our government has a terrible record on the world stage. I don't have to list the wars, the death tolls, the destroyed states or our efforts to control the populations of the world for our ' interests ' , our ' profit ' and our ' democracy. The hard fact is that foreign countries see it too.
With that in mind- why do we think that we're ' The Good Guys ' in our obviously aggressive encroachments upon Russia's borders ?
The Russians, after all, are not aggressively knocking on OUR door.
Then, as we mature we transfer that trust to our government , identify with it and so become ' The Good Guys ' ourselves.
The problem arises when our ' protectors ', our government, screws up. This is where ' patriotism ' kicks in. We feel that we owe our parents/government our ' loyalty ' and we turn a blind eye to their indiscretions/crimes.
Now, quite obviously to any free-thinking person, our government has a terrible record on the world stage. I don't have to list the wars, the death tolls, the destroyed states or our efforts to control the populations of the world for our ' interests ' , our ' profit ' and our ' democracy. The hard fact is that foreign countries see it too.
With that in mind- why do we think that we're ' The Good Guys ' in our obviously aggressive encroachments upon Russia's borders ?
The Russians, after all, are not aggressively knocking on OUR door.
Westerners live in denial, convinced they’re the good guys
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