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The War of Northern Aggression was a bloody trial run for our world girding moralistic empire. Unfortunately the war was against our fellow citizens. This first cloak of  Puritan moralism was used as usual, to hide the attempt to extort money and social recognition.  Slavery was but the first excuse for their self aggrandizement.  There have been several wars and excuses since. The Philippines was to civilize the primitives, WW1,  “Make the world safe for democracy,” WW2, stop the tide of evil fascism, Cold War, stop the communist infiltration and plans for world domination, global war on terrorism, Desert 1, weapons of mass destruction, terrorists in Afghanistan to name a few more crusades.  Our Puritan foreign policy can be titled “Moral Global Policing for Fun and Profit”!

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Guest Post by Simon Black

In the spring of 1692, Giles Corey was 80 years old when his wife was accused of witchcraft.

The entire town was in such a frenzy that even Giles started to believe that his wife might be a witch.

Soon after, another person in the town was accused of witchcraft. Then another. And another. And another.

It wasn’t until Giles Corey himself was accused of being a wizard that he realized the whole thing was a scam.

But it didn’t matter. The Puritan preachers in this small New England town (Salem, Massachusetts) took every accusation seriously.

They felt it was their duty to protect the townsfolk from the systemic witchcraft that was so pervasive in Salem. So everyone who was accused of witchcraft was quickly punished.

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