When Warriors Become Saints

Edward Curtin contemplates the longstanding and savage complicity between church and state.

[consortiumnews.com]

Our country should also be seen as the world. What a thought!

Deo et Patriae (for God and Country)

{War spurs technological development like nothing else, and as the brilliant French social thinker Paul Virilio has shown with his war model, “history progresses at the speed of its weapons systems.” Modern societies, with increased technological speed, the administration of fear (terror), and digital gadgetry, are engaged in a battle for people’s minds through technological perception management. Virilio makes it clear, following on the work of his fellow countryman Jacques Ellul, that built into the technology is the “integral accident,” by which he means that every new technology creates its own potential “accident.” }

Today's hearings were 2 large samples of perception management using technology of our communications networks. While the first hearing was a solid collaboration of both parties extending a false narrative, he that was supposedly there to be heard managed to dictate to us nothing more. In the second hearing of the intelligence committee, even while the first republican posing questions brought forth amble reasons to investigate the investigation, he did so only providing us, again, nothing. Then the he, shut down the hearing by refusing to answer anything of substance, offering the democrats an open mic to again extend the perception management of that false narrative. While he was glorified, even refered to as, Doctor. They made sure to secure that stature in the minds with a purpose.

{Visiting castles, like so many trips into the past, can awaken one to the truth of human history or put one to sleep. It is usually the latter.}

Our society as a whole suffers the latter! Especially here in the US. While many around the world are uniting, suffering, they wait on us! Unfortunately, as the present supposed free country of democracy, that use to be looked to, to set the standards, we are now the largest group of victims in chains and ignorance, which we can't see.

{If we are to make this Earth our home again, we had better learn to sing a different tune. If not, we will be eliminated by accident or intent, and no one will be singing for our return. It is a harsh truth, but quite simple.}

{Dostoevsky said it well: “The soul is healed by being with children.”

Can we hear their voices, singing?}