Is the USA in decline? A land of materialists and fakes?
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Halb said:
Well yeah, is anyone saying the USA didn't create an empire?
The USA used the whole American continent as their personal playtoy, destroying democracy where it reared it's head to support dictators that would hand over the country's goodies for peanuts. That's what imperial nations do.
The USA went to war sometimes for private companies, just as the old European powers did. The film, The Corporation and the life and times of General Smedley Butler makes for interesting viewing and reading.
"In 1935, Butler wrote a book entitled War Is a Racket, where he described and criticized the workings of the United States in its foreign actions and wars, such as those he was a part of, including the American corporations and other imperialist motivations behind them. After retiring from service, he became a popular activist, speaking at meetings organized by veterans, pacifists, and church groups in the 1930s."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Is_a_Racket
Great post.The USA used the whole American continent as their personal playtoy, destroying democracy where it reared it's head to support dictators that would hand over the country's goodies for peanuts. That's what imperial nations do.
The USA went to war sometimes for private companies, just as the old European powers did. The film, The Corporation and the life and times of General Smedley Butler makes for interesting viewing and reading.
"In 1935, Butler wrote a book entitled War Is a Racket, where he described and criticized the workings of the United States in its foreign actions and wars, such as those he was a part of, including the American corporations and other imperialist motivations behind them. After retiring from service, he became a popular activist, speaking at meetings organized by veterans, pacifists, and church groups in the 1930s."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Is_a_Racket
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