We talk to friend of the show Kevork Almassian about the erosion of our world as evidenced by the destruction of Syria, the disappearance of freedom in Europe, and the expansion of US imperialism.
It’s very difficult to argue with Karim’s characterization of the West in general, and the United States in particular. One point that I respectfully offer: The development of cutting edge technologies in weapons, communication and surveillance, makes mass killing and political repression too easy for alienated ideologues not to utilize. This isn’t to excuse or justify, but merely to put the peoples in the lands of the imperialists in a less implicating light. As a lifelong American, I can heartily endorse a condemnation of the institutions that have blanketed the culture with lies and inducements to hate. Churches are totally, fraudulently complicit. Unions were coopted decades ago, and now are effectively marginalized to the point of irrelevance.
I think Karim’s mention of China as a positive international player should stand as an inspiring message for all Americans who can use something to root for. What is driving the neocons to attempt a futile proxy war in Ukraine, and to underwrite an indefensible war of expansion and ethnic erasure is the awareness that the nations of the world have learned the American cheat code. The empire’s control of international currency is what reaps hegemonic power. It enables the meteoric demand, and the limitless production of weapons that promise mass death.
For this reason, I believe that all leftists who want to be a part of a solution, should support BRICS, and the big states that exhibit a desire to coexist with others. I really think that the Chinese are inventive enough to attract massive numbers of propagandized individualists who are told to hate the Chinese. Westerners need to read the work of Yanis Varoufakis. His most recent book is Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism. That gets into the details of the West’s self destruction, through the weaponization of the dollar. A civilization so addicted to its religious belief in growth and more power.
"Stenographers for the powerful". Well said. Noam Chomsky also made the point that you make about the destruction of Vietnam as, all geopolitically symbolic consequences of the "lost war" aside, an achievement of fundamental objectives of the West. https://www.democracynow.org/2000/5/12/noam_chomsky_on_vietnam
At this stage it is very difficult to know when Russia (for example) is acting as "Russia" or is it acting as a partner-member of international mafia interest group. What we actually have here is 100% criminal forces which are embedded within "proper" governments. This reality creates a distorted narrative where we have two musical notes: one moment a country may speak of something that might be half-true with regard to its national interests and a moments later - even in the same sentence we could be having entirely criminal interests reflected and represented by the mafia owners. A prime example for it is the content coming out of none other than the BBC.
So, it is impossible for us to untangle this situation and honestly treat what a "nation" is saying, as the criminal narrative is pretending to have "national" responsibilities and those that speak for a nation can't be taken seriously anymore because you don't know who has written the "script" for that narrative. This resulted in total mistrust of legacy media and politics so much that one is left wondering to what extent western gov'ts are still functioning as states.
Social institutions and the public itself are under attack, when “Zionism” (another fraud) is the chosen compass for moral standards...
In my mind there is definitely an international criminal mafia (made up of members of many countries) working hard to dismantle all standards of democratic governance under the fog of “war on terror” and “making America great” bullshit - to further wreak havoc on us all - for what purpose I can’t say for sure but the attack on humanity is without a shadow of a doubt. The public need to be aware of this - but most people would rather not know about it and hope all this is just a bad dream.
It is clear that Biden, Trump and the Israelis are key members of the mafia. But many others will be in it as well (in some partial or temporary roles). This is a period when whole countries are falling one by one and the public is crushed, psychologically, financially and physically by great white sharks pretending to be nationally orientated father/mother figures while in fact they have made a deal with a sadistic mafia. I wish I could see our reality in a more positive way but I can’t.
Good point. And that’s why I am contemplating writing an article about the annoying cultism in anti-imperialist spheres were u are not allowed to critique Russia/Putin. That stuff is running out of hand man. My comment section is often unbearable with these types.
It’s very difficult to argue with Karim’s characterization of the West in general, and the United States in particular. One point that I respectfully offer: The development of cutting edge technologies in weapons, communication and surveillance, makes mass killing and political repression too easy for alienated ideologues not to utilize. This isn’t to excuse or justify, but merely to put the peoples in the lands of the imperialists in a less implicating light. As a lifelong American, I can heartily endorse a condemnation of the institutions that have blanketed the culture with lies and inducements to hate. Churches are totally, fraudulently complicit. Unions were coopted decades ago, and now are effectively marginalized to the point of irrelevance.
I think Karim’s mention of China as a positive international player should stand as an inspiring message for all Americans who can use something to root for. What is driving the neocons to attempt a futile proxy war in Ukraine, and to underwrite an indefensible war of expansion and ethnic erasure is the awareness that the nations of the world have learned the American cheat code. The empire’s control of international currency is what reaps hegemonic power. It enables the meteoric demand, and the limitless production of weapons that promise mass death.
For this reason, I believe that all leftists who want to be a part of a solution, should support BRICS, and the big states that exhibit a desire to coexist with others. I really think that the Chinese are inventive enough to attract massive numbers of propagandized individualists who are told to hate the Chinese. Westerners need to read the work of Yanis Varoufakis. His most recent book is Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism. That gets into the details of the West’s self destruction, through the weaponization of the dollar. A civilization so addicted to its religious belief in growth and more power.
Well said. That cheat code is a massive death dealing machine
"Stenographers for the powerful". Well said. Noam Chomsky also made the point that you make about the destruction of Vietnam as, all geopolitically symbolic consequences of the "lost war" aside, an achievement of fundamental objectives of the West. https://www.democracynow.org/2000/5/12/noam_chomsky_on_vietnam
Great show, but it felt a bit like a "cold shower". LOL
At this stage it is very difficult to know when Russia (for example) is acting as "Russia" or is it acting as a partner-member of international mafia interest group. What we actually have here is 100% criminal forces which are embedded within "proper" governments. This reality creates a distorted narrative where we have two musical notes: one moment a country may speak of something that might be half-true with regard to its national interests and a moments later - even in the same sentence we could be having entirely criminal interests reflected and represented by the mafia owners. A prime example for it is the content coming out of none other than the BBC.
So, it is impossible for us to untangle this situation and honestly treat what a "nation" is saying, as the criminal narrative is pretending to have "national" responsibilities and those that speak for a nation can't be taken seriously anymore because you don't know who has written the "script" for that narrative. This resulted in total mistrust of legacy media and politics so much that one is left wondering to what extent western gov'ts are still functioning as states.
Social institutions and the public itself are under attack, when “Zionism” (another fraud) is the chosen compass for moral standards...
In my mind there is definitely an international criminal mafia (made up of members of many countries) working hard to dismantle all standards of democratic governance under the fog of “war on terror” and “making America great” bullshit - to further wreak havoc on us all - for what purpose I can’t say for sure but the attack on humanity is without a shadow of a doubt. The public need to be aware of this - but most people would rather not know about it and hope all this is just a bad dream.
It is clear that Biden, Trump and the Israelis are key members of the mafia. But many others will be in it as well (in some partial or temporary roles). This is a period when whole countries are falling one by one and the public is crushed, psychologically, financially and physically by great white sharks pretending to be nationally orientated father/mother figures while in fact they have made a deal with a sadistic mafia. I wish I could see our reality in a more positive way but I can’t.
Good point. And that’s why I am contemplating writing an article about the annoying cultism in anti-imperialist spheres were u are not allowed to critique Russia/Putin. That stuff is running out of hand man. My comment section is often unbearable with these types.