{"id":30757,"date":"2018-02-09T08:54:11","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T13:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=30757"},"modified":"2018-02-09T08:54:11","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T13:54:11","slug":"donald-trumps-superficial-patriotism-at-the-twilight-of-u-s-empire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=30757","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump\u2019s Superficial Patriotism at the Twilight of U.S. Empire"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Donald Trump\u2019s Superficial Patriotism at the Twilight of U.S. Empire<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n
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Already long ago, from when we sold our vote to no man, the People have abdicated our duties; for the People who once upon a time handed out military command, high civil office, legions \u2014 everything, now restrains itself and anxiously hopes for just two things:\u00a0bread and circuses.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u2013\u00a0Juvenal<\/p>\n

Despite the title, I don\u2019t want this post to be all about Donald Trump. The truth of the matter is all politicians love superficial patriotism. It\u2019s why they all claim to care deeply about the troops, yet allow veterans to wait weeks or months to see a doctor after sending them to fight pointless imperial overseas\u00a0wars based on fabrications. All these disingenuous politicians are total frauds, but they tend sell the same destructive policies in different ways. As such, it\u2019s important to understand how they manipulate and divide us.<\/p>\n

First and foremost, standing for the National Anthem, saluting the flag or cheering a military parade is not \u201csupporting the troops.\u201d If you think such trivial and superficial acts represent anything beyond lazy surface level virtue signaling you\u2019re a huge part of the problem. Your thoughtlessness and fake patriotism is exactly why our young kids are being sent off to die and murder other young kids halfway across the world to pad the coffers of plutocrats and the egos of empire obsessed sociopaths in D.C. Not only are such acts not patriotism, your phony gestures help grease the wheels of global death and destruction.<\/p>\n

Having a strong military for national defense is a necessary thing, but the purpose of such a force should always and in all circumstances be\u00a0defense<\/strong>. A major problem arises when you have a global empire coupled with the strongest military on earth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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