The U. S. public is depoliticised, poorly informed on foreign affairs. . . and strongly patriotic in the … - Edward S. Herman

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Edward S. Herman

The U. S. public is depoliticised, poorly informed on foreign affairs. . . and strongly patriotic in the face of a struggle with another Hitler. Even though the public is normally averse to war, even with modest propaganda efforts. . . the public can be quickly transformed into enthusiastic supporters of war.

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The propaganda system allows the U. S. Ieadership to commit crimes without limit and with no suggestion of misbehavior or criminality; in fact, major war criminals like Henry Kissinger appear regularly on TV to comment on the crimes of the derivative butchers.

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The United States is not only number one in military power but also in the effectiveness of its propaganda system.

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The establishment can't admit [that] it is human rights violations that make. . . countries attractive to business - so history has to be fudged, including denial of our support of regimes of terror and the practices that provide favorable climates of investment, and our destabilization of democracies that [don't] meet [the] standard of service to the transnational corporation.

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If we assume that the purpose of the economy is to serve and improve the welfare of the entire body of citizens, the U. S. model has clearly been a major failure. It has served a minority, and the majority have not only failed to share in the income gains yielded by the model, they have suffered from reduced benefits, greater job instability and stress, and a diminution of expectations and sense of hope for the future.

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The immiseration of the majority is an integral part of the Free World package for the Third World, the unsavory aspects of the package - the terror, the direct spoilation of people and resources, and western complicity - must be rationalized and, as far as possible, kept under the rug.

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