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Originally Posted by Mick Fisher
It seems there always has to be some dark foreboding threat hanging over us to shape our existance. In the absence of a real war we lived for ages under the threat of the cold war and communism. As soon as that fizzled out or maybe became unsustainable we are now wallowing in Terrorism and Global Warming.
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"The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country." - Hermann Goering
For pacifists substitute denyers. The principle remains the same and as effective as it was in the past.