For Warmongers It's Always 1938: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix Caitlin Johnstone

[Manuel Tavares]

For Warmongers It's Always 1938:
Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
Caitlin Johnstone
https://rayviolet.blogspot.com/2022/07/for-warmongers-its-always-1938-notes.html

Hawks always say our geopolitical situation resembles that of 1938 so that any call for de-escalation, diplomacy or detente can be portrayed as "appeasement". It's never 1919, when the conditions which would give rise to World War Two were put in place, or any of the early 20th century years when the trajectory toward World War One could have easily been turned away from.

Our fetishization of World War Two has eclipsed from memory the fact that it was the single worst thing that ever happened on this planet. The trauma it inflicted upon our species still reverberates through our collective consciousness to this day, and avoiding it would have been objectively good.

Even if we fully espouse all the grandiose ego-stroking Anglo-American narratives about WWII, you don't want to have a modern Churchill and FDR bravely standing against the forces of evil. What you want is for such a stand to be unnecessary, because the conflict was avoided.

But that's not how you score political points in Washington and London. That's not how you pull ratings as a news outlet. That's not how you sell weapons as an arms manufacturer, and it's not how you advance hegemonic agendas as an empire. That's why peace doesn't get a voice. ...+
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