by Tyler Durden
Dec 14, 2017 10:45 PM
"Authored by Allen Marshall (Crimson Avenger) via Defiant Living blog,
"America is the only nation brought forth by a set of beliefs, and those beliefs, captured so eloquently in our founding documents, are some of the most powerful and inspiring ever conceived. We consider this to be the land of the free, where the individual is supreme and nothing prevents us from going as far as our talents can take us. That image of America – that 'brand' – is incredibly strong.
"However, there’s a very large gap between that long-held image and the reality of America today.
"What was once a government built for the people is now a government run for the rich and powerful, one that throws the people under the bus whenever their interests differ from those of the corporate and political leaders who run the show.
"And living in one world (the corrupt) while stubbornly believing you live in another (the ideal), despite mounds of evidence, causes a distinct kind of stress, often called cognitive dissonance.
"Psychologists suggest that when people are in a state of cognitive dissonance, they’ll search for a way to resolve it, either by rejecting one view or the other as either wrong or unimportant. If you’re a smoker looking at the link between smoking and cancer, for example, you’ll either quit smoking or decide that the research is biased, wrong, or doesn’t apply (in other words, that you’re smart enough to quit before the long-term damage is done)"
Read more: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-12-14/americas-painful-self-delusion
"America is the only nation brought forth by a set of beliefs, and those beliefs, captured so eloquently in our founding documents, are some of the most powerful and inspiring ever conceived. We consider this to be the land of the free, where the individual is supreme and nothing prevents us from going as far as our talents can take us. That image of America – that 'brand' – is incredibly strong.
"However, there’s a very large gap between that long-held image and the reality of America today.
"What was once a government built for the people is now a government run for the rich and powerful, one that throws the people under the bus whenever their interests differ from those of the corporate and political leaders who run the show.
"And living in one world (the corrupt) while stubbornly believing you live in another (the ideal), despite mounds of evidence, causes a distinct kind of stress, often called cognitive dissonance.
"Psychologists suggest that when people are in a state of cognitive dissonance, they’ll search for a way to resolve it, either by rejecting one view or the other as either wrong or unimportant. If you’re a smoker looking at the link between smoking and cancer, for example, you’ll either quit smoking or decide that the research is biased, wrong, or doesn’t apply (in other words, that you’re smart enough to quit before the long-term damage is done)"
Read more: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-12-14/americas-painful-self-delusion
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"What was once a government built for the people is now a government run for the rich and powerful, one that throws the people under the bus whenever their interests differ from those of the corporate and political leaders who run the show.
YEP.
Enjoy Corporate 'Merica.
For me, the best of the worst so far is the asshole in Milwaukee who wants to annex land in Racine County to somehow cash in on Foxconn. Fuck you, asshole, go poop in the Lake.
Foxconn is going to be like a slow motion fireworks show, years in the presentation.
My favorite personal event so far is the checkout woman who didn't know what "annex" means.
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