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GeriatricGardener · @GeriatricGardener

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While the #US uses the Orwellian lie that “no American lives have been lost so we haven’t been waging war on much of the rest of the world for the past two decades”, reality is that the ‘exceptionalist’ imperium that is the United States has, in fact, been engaged in ‘permanent war’ during this time.

Yet, because of craven the media silence on this issue, the American public rarely sees the human (and wider) consequences of the imperial violence its government wages in their name & using their tax dollars.

In this powerful interview on the The #Intercept’s #Deconstructed podcast (you can listen to it or read it by clicking on the link below), Norman #Solomon, a journalist and longtime antiwar activist, says that this silence is “by design”.

In his latest book, “War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine,” Solomon lays bare the role of government and media in concealing the consequences of war & the utter mendacity & hypocrisy that underpins the blatant criminality of the US imperial war machine!

He breaks down how American politicians, alongside mainstream media, spin lies and hide the true cost of their wars.

Particularly persuasive are the Solomon’s illustrations of how media outlets have been coopted into producing what is essentially war propaganda and how journalists who seek to question the honesty of government officials are routinely silenced.

Solomon makes a striking comparison between the American media’s strong interest in the losses endured by Ukrainian civilians after the recent #Russian invasion of #Ukraine and its indifference to the fate of arguably millions of #Iraqi civilians after America’s invasion in 2003.

Among a series of great quotes featured in the podcast is the famous letter that writer & theologian Thomas Merton wrote to a friend of his as the #Vietnam War was gearing up in the 1960s.

Merton states, “The world is full of great criminals with enormous power, and they are in a death struggle with each other. It’s a huge gang battle of supremely well-armed and well-organized gangsters, using well-meaning lawyers and policemen and clergymen as their front, controlling papers, means of communication, and enrolling everybody in their armies. Let us avoid false optimism and approved gestures, and seek truth.”

https://theintercept.com/2023/08/11/deconstructed-podcast-norman-solomon-american-wars/

#us #intercept #deconstructed #Solomon #russian #ukraine #iraqi #vietnam

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GeriatricGardener · @GeriatricGardener

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While the #US uses the Orwellian lie that “no American lives have been lost so we haven’t been waging war on much of the rest of the world for the past two decades”, reality is that the ‘exceptionalist’ imperium that is the United States has, in fact, been engaged in ‘permanent war’ during this time.

Yet, because of craven the media silence on this issue, the American public rarely sees the human (and wider) consequences of the imperial violence its government wages in their name & using their tax dollars.

In this powerful interview on the @Intercept’s #Deconstructed podcast (you can listen to it or read it by clicking on the link below), Norman #Solomon, a journalist and longtime antiwar activist, says that this silence is “by design”.

In his latest book, “War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine,” Solomon lays bare the role of government and media in concealing the consequences of war & the utter mendacity & hypocrisy that underpins the blatant criminality of the US imperial war machine!

He breaks down how American politicians, alongside mainstream media, spin lies and hide the true cost of their wars.

Particularly persuasive are the Solomon’s illustrations of how media outlets have been coopted into producing what is essentially war propaganda and how journalists who seek to question the honesty of government officials are routinely silenced.

Solomon makes a striking comparison between the American media’s strong interest in the losses endured by Ukrainian civilians after the recent #Russian invasion of #Ukraine and its indifference to the fate of arguably millions of #Iraqi civilians after America’s invasion in 2003.

Among a series of great quotes featured in the podcast is the famous letter that writer & theologian Thomas Merton wrote to a friend of his as the #Vietnam War was gearing up in the 1960s.

Merton states, “The world is full of great criminals with enormous power, and they are in a death struggle with each other. It’s a huge gang battle of supremely well-armed and well-organized gangsters, using well-meaning lawyers and policemen and clergymen as their front, controlling papers, means of communication, and enrolling everybody in their armies. Let us avoid false optimism and approved gestures, and seek truth.”

https://theintercept.com/2023/08/11/deconstructed-podcast-norman-solomon-american-wars/

#us #deconstructed #Solomon #russian #ukraine #iraqi #vietnam

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Steve Ross · @steve

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I will say this for #Threads algorithm: it’s surfaced a lot of #deconstructed #Christians in my timeline.

#threads #deconstructed #christians

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Dani Danis · @DaniDanis

189 followers · 6170 posts · Server mstdn.social

Stitcher - Deconstructed - A Is for Abuse: The Saga of For-Profit Schooling in Africa on Stitcher

Check out A Is for Abuse: The Saga of For-Profit Schooling in Africa #ForProfitSchools #Africa #Deconstructed #Podcast https://play.stitcher.com/episode/301193800 #TheIntercept

#theintercept #Podcast #deconstructed #Africa #forprofitschools

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Steve Dustcircle ⍻ · @dustcircle

79 followers · 1956 posts · Server mastodon.cloud

#KristiBurke
From #Holy To #Heretic | "Why I Left #Christianity"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaOkoJeDG-s
#exvangelical #agnostic #atheist #exchristian #religion #stories #deconversion #deconstructed

#kristiburke #holy #heretic #christianity #exvangelical #agnostic #atheist #exchristian #religion #stories #deconversion #deconstructed

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Danetteb · @Danetteb

561 followers · 3951 posts · Server mstdn.social

Did you know the debt limit is a construct? It could be gotten rid of at any time if only our politicians from Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden to of course all the Republicans would only do it. Even Allen Greenspan -not known for progressive thinking- thinks it should be done away with. Also, there are other options to paying the “bills” if only the treasury had planned for it instead of thinking Republicans were actually rational people 😒#deconstructed #deficit #bullshit

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deconstructed/id1354611827?i=1000614580227

#bullshit #deficit #deconstructed

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