peace sells but who's buying
I recently found a movie on Netflix that I had never seen before. Sean Penn narrates a devastating critique of America's war footing since the end of World War II.
The film tackles one of our most detrimental myths by virtue of an honest and unemotional look at the historical record. There are some obligatory mentions of the "anti-war" movement having been marginalized and really only had one guy being interviewed to supplement the narration, but I agree with the larger point that the true tragedy remains the overwhelming majority of Americans who were (and still are) gullible enough to believe the shit they've fed by a sophisticated and self-sustaining coup. Not a coup in the traditional sense, but one founded in a combination of unrelated events that came together with horrific consequences.
It doesn't take a conspiracy to create chaos.
The film tackles one of our most detrimental myths by virtue of an honest and unemotional look at the historical record. There are some obligatory mentions of the "anti-war" movement having been marginalized and really only had one guy being interviewed to supplement the narration, but I agree with the larger point that the true tragedy remains the overwhelming majority of Americans who were (and still are) gullible enough to believe the shit they've fed by a sophisticated and self-sustaining coup. Not a coup in the traditional sense, but one founded in a combination of unrelated events that came together with horrific consequences.
It doesn't take a conspiracy to create chaos.
