{"id":38604,"date":"2018-10-02T11:14:11","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T16:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=38604"},"modified":"2018-10-02T11:14:11","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T16:14:11","slug":"mother-jones-writer-shows-what-happens-when-you-apologize-to-a-manipulator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=38604","title":{"rendered":"Mother Jones Writer Shows What Happens When You Apologize To A Manipulator"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"entry-title eltd-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/2018\/10\/02\/mother-jones-writer-shows-what-happens-when-you-apologize-to-a-manipulator\/\">Mother Jones Writer Shows What Happens When You Apologize To A Manipulator<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"eltd-blog-single-share\">\n<div class=\"eltd-social-share-holder eltd-dropdown\">\n<div class=\"eltd-social-share-dropdown\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<article id=\"post-5334\" class=\"post-5334 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-article tag-apology tag-jimmy-dore tag-manipulation tag-propaganda tag-shane-bauer tag-syria\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-content\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-image-area\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-newsroom_elated_post_feature_image size-newsroom_elated_post_feature_image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-02-at-9.08.08-AM.png?189db0&amp;189db0\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-02-at-9.08.08-AM.png 771w, https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-02-at-9.08.08-AM-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-02-at-9.08.08-AM-768x415.png 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"771\" height=\"417\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"eltd-post-text\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-text-inner clearfix\">\n<p>Have you ever noticed how rare sincere apologies are in politics? I\u2019ve been thinking about this a lot lately. Normal people apologize to each other every day, for accidentally interrupting someone or standing in their way, for being inconsiderate or forgetful, for being unable to satisfy a customer\u2019s needs; it\u2019s just a part of life we take for granted at work and at home. But in the highest levels of the most powerful governments on earth, where thousands of human lives can be snuffed out by a single unwise decision and ecosystems and economies destroyed on a whim, apologies are almost unheard of. You only ever see them when a leader is cornered in a complete political checkmate with no other options available to them.<\/p>\n<p>This is because the highest levels of the most powerful governments in the world are dominated by highly manipulative people. If you serve truth, humanity and the world, you are almost certainly delightful to be around and you will almost certainly never have a career in federal politics. The system is set up to serve a ruling class of plutocrats and their lackeys, so the way to get to the top of the political ladder is in the exact opposite direction of serving the weak and defenseless and being truthful and compassionate. To win elections you first need to win the blessing of the ruling class, and the way to do that is by kissing the right asses while regurgitating the right sound bytes whenever the cameras are rolling.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mother Jones Writer Shows What Happens When You Apologize To A Manipulator Have you ever noticed how rare sincere apologies are in politics? I\u2019ve been thinking about this a lot lately. Normal people apologize to each other every day, for accidentally interrupting someone or standing in their way, for being inconsiderate or forgetful, for being [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[22059,17039,379,927,18940,1577],"class_list":["post-38604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-liberty","tag-apology","tag-caitlin-johnstone","tag-government","tag-manipulation","tag-mother-jones","tag-politicians"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38604"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38605,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38604\/revisions\/38605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}