With the Symbionese Liberation Army as its excuse, hundreds of police departments in the nation created SWAT teams. When the first War on Iraq occurred, Hill & Knowlton - a PR firm - manufactured 'truth' to sell it. A Hill & Knowlton exec became the Pentagon spokeswoman selling the second War on Iraq.
With the Symbionese Liberation Army as its excuse, hundreds of police departments in the nation created SWAT teams. When the first War on Iraq occurred, Hill & Knowlton - a PR firm - manufactured 'truth' to sell it. A Hill & Knowlton exec became the Pentagon spokeswoman selling the second War on Iraq.
Along the way, media reports were compartmentalized. They had to be 'embedded with military units to limit access to what they were allowed to see. FISA Courts came into being after the first one. The Patriot Act came into being after 9/11. Both major parties at the Senate level and above consented to this.
Torture - previously constrained some by the Geneva Convention - become common and openly defended. A secret gulag was created that extended all over the world, not just at Guantanamo. A special extra-judicial system of permanent detention was created for those given the label of stateless terrorist.
Excess Military equipment was then given to police departments far in excess of any real policing needs.
All the structures exist common to fascism. The kids in cages helps normalize it.
So it should be no surprise about the purpose and intents. There's nothing pro-life involved.
And the pandemic has further normalized the acceptance of hundreds of thousands of collateral damage victims.
In America, we live in an extremely violent society. Some leaders are openly fascist. Others prefer not to use all the tools at their command but understand how to, should they deem it 'necessary' to contain civil unrest.
With the Symbionese Liberation Army as its excuse, hundreds of police departments in the nation created SWAT teams. When the first War on Iraq occurred, Hill & Knowlton - a PR firm - manufactured 'truth' to sell it. A Hill & Knowlton exec became the Pentagon spokeswoman selling the second War on Iraq.
Along the way, media reports were compartmentalized. They had to be 'embedded with military units to limit access to what they were allowed to see. FISA Courts came into being after the first one. The Patriot Act came into being after 9/11. Both major parties at the Senate level and above consented to this.
Torture - previously constrained some by the Geneva Convention - become common and openly defended. A secret gulag was created that extended all over the world, not just at Guantanamo. A special extra-judicial system of permanent detention was created for those given the label of stateless terrorist.
Excess Military equipment was then given to police departments far in excess of any real policing needs.
All the structures exist common to fascism. The kids in cages helps normalize it.
So it should be no surprise about the purpose and intents. There's nothing pro-life involved.
And the pandemic has further normalized the acceptance of hundreds of thousands of collateral damage victims.
In America, we live in an extremely violent society. Some leaders are openly fascist. Others prefer not to use all the tools at their command but understand how to, should they deem it 'necessary' to contain civil unrest.