“One of the more impressive feats of US propaganda is how many Americans have been convinced that their country is simultaneously (A) an unstoppable superpower that should be in charge of the world and (B) a poor widdle victim bullied by Russians, North Koreans and terrorists.”
Caitlin Johnstone
“None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe that they are free.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
+1 Caitlin
Yeah. Starting from the start. “Free” will. Start with that foundational bs & allllllll the projection erection superstructurin’ goin’ on in the human zoo comes into perspective.
“Prisoners of our own device” sings Henley. A figure of speech that’s not quite. The device – perceptual apparatus & all its armoring defense mechs – are the devices that possess, imprison.
“Our” as typically spewed, is just another fatal conceit in a spinning merry-go-round of conceits. Bitches be stuck up, on ass pedestals, ya’ll.