Like any empire in terminal decay, no one will be held accountable for the debacle or for the other debacles in Iraq, Syria, Libya, Somalia, Yemen or anywhere else. Not the generals. Not the politicians. Not the CIA and intelligence agencies. Not the diplomats. Not the obsequious courtiers in the press who serve as cheerleaders for war. Not the compliant academics and area specialists. Not the defense industry. Empires at the end are collective suicide machines. https://scheerpost.com/2021/07/26/hedges-the-collective-suicide-machine/
This article breaks my heart open again. I have been feeling grief for the empires I was born and raised in. Grief for the ways workers, women, immigrants and young boys trained to wipe out their emotions. Grief for those who had to endure my bad behaviour when I was hooked onto the empire propaganda. Grief for all on this planet battered by humans who have been brainwashed by the cult of power worship.
I am hungry for the kind of power that heals, loves and nurtures, that is not contorted into narcissism, celebrity, or racism. All who fall into that dance are traumatized whether victim or perpetrator.
Let's encourage humility, let's learn how we can throw off the empire and embrace the universe.
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