Comments on: Promoting The Internet’s Heart And Soul In Berlin http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2008/05/15/promoting-the-internets-heart-and-soul-in-berlin/ Danny Schechter's daily media dissections Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:30:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.9 by: NaBNYC http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2008/05/15/promoting-the-internets-heart-and-soul-in-berlin/#comment-32812 Thu, 15 May 2008 20:30:26 +0000 http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2008/05/15/promoting-the-internets-heart-and-soul-in-berlin/#comment-32812 Everyone in the U.S. grows up knowing that Germany is the most war-like, barbaric, horrible country that ever existed. And they certainly earned their reputation. But we sure showed them, forcing them to stop their devotion to war, prohibiting them essentially from continuing the cult of the military and of colonialism, imperialism, and genocidal world view. So what happens to this country which was devastated in WW I and II, prohibited from re-embracing its devotion to war? Oh gosh, they do fine. They end up devoting their energies more to creating a good life for their own people. And the U.S., the "victor" in WWII, takes over the cult of military, the obsession with war, and our people have diminished lives, must make sacrifices for the war front, must follow our leader to our national death because war is all and life is nothing. Who would have predicted that the end result of WWII would have been that Japan and Germany devote their energies to their own people and their own businesses, and the U.S. becomes the biggest aggressor nation and bully in the world. What a disgrace we are. Everyone in the U.S. grows up knowing that Germany is the most war-like, barbaric, horrible country that ever existed. And they certainly earned their reputation. But we sure showed them, forcing them to stop their devotion to war, prohibiting them essentially from continuing the cult of the military and of colonialism, imperialism, and genocidal world view.

So what happens to this country which was devastated in WW I and II, prohibited from re-embracing its devotion to war? Oh gosh, they do fine. They end up devoting their energies more to creating a good life for their own people.

And the U.S., the “victor” in WWII, takes over the cult of military, the obsession with war, and our people have diminished lives, must make sacrifices for the war front, must follow our leader to our national death because war is all and life is nothing.

Who would have predicted that the end result of WWII would have been that Japan and Germany devote their energies to their own people and their own businesses, and the U.S. becomes the biggest aggressor nation and bully in the world. What a disgrace we are.

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