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Their ceiling extends above the people they are supposedly trying to protect with their aggression. That is, they would even sacrifice us if it meant that they would stay safe. Because that's really what this is all about isn't it? Making the world safe for them. But they fail to grasp that one cannot protected from oneself, because they are in reality their own worst enemies.
Hama rules don't work. You need something more than naked aggression to run a society. Good governance is more than selling the government lock, stock, and barrel to Christian fundamentalists and transnational corporations. It actually involves being able to distinguish reality from fantasy—something which the rabid right is constitutionally incapable of.
