Busy day at the consent factory.
Deploying military power to advance the cause of democracy abroad
That’s what you call murdering millions of civilians when you’re a paragon of journalistic integrity!
Busy day at the consent factory.
Deploying military power to advance the cause of democracy abroad
That’s what you call murdering millions of civilians when you’re a paragon of journalistic integrity!
Okay but this is basically what happened in the decades following the Civil War lol
And beyond! I grew up around libertarians who thought that Lincoln’s suspension of habeas corpus was the real crime.
The old joke of “The South never surrendered! That scoundrel Grant stole his sword and Lee was too much of a gentleman to ask for it back!” isn’t officially taken literally but, well, Stone Mountain still has that relief sculpture.