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coords1306's avatar

The 'noble' lie is one we can be lulled into accepting. Fauci admitted he did that with masks and with the number needed to reach herd immunity (while no real attempt was made to vaccinate Africa). When you accept the 'greater good' the games with the truth seem necessary. I fall for it all the time. Its in our movies. I'll watch MCU flicks when they are on TNT as they are fun. Was watching the Avengers and there it is. Nick Fury takes trading cards and smears it with the blood of the agent who Loki killed to help stir the Avengers into action. And you just nod along, like yeah, thats how you do it. Anyways, US history the real edition is crushing as the mythology of the US is a good one and it makes it that much more sad when you see all the holes in it. If the world truly had such a nation it be a better place.

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FREED0ML0VER's avatar

The sinking of the Lusitania prior to WW1 was a similar provocation and expected reaction. Besides passengers, the ship was carrying 173 tons of munitions to England for use against the Germans. The US government wanted to get into the war, but there was no popular support for it. The sinking of a "passenger" ship took care of that problem.

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