Letters to the Editor
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Now it is so clear.
It is so clear how the ordinary German citizenry became inured to the heinous actions of the German state in the 1930's. Once the process of selecting the country's highest leaders is routinely accepted as gimmicked, the public will ignore wrongdoing by the administration by simply blaming the process - they aren't MY party, they stole the election, so its not MY fault, not MY responsibility. Once you start getting your government off the back of a cereal box, your expectations disappear.
In the last twenty five years, a mere two families have controlled all executive power in the the U.S., three corporations own all the major media outlets - how is that a democracy, or a republic, or a free press? Surprise, surprise, its a criminal enterprise. Of course, when corporate capital cannot make enough profit by acting legally, then (almost by definition) criminals will rise to run our government.
The torure and babykilling and genocide is nothing new - in the endgame it all just happens above board and in plain sight. Pride in hypocrisy replaces the shame of the truth, uninformed, knee-jerk flagwaving successfully intimidates an informed electorate into hiding and submission, plowshares are beaten into cruise missles, rational discussion is mocked and tazered into silence.