[ExI] Reign of Idiots

[BillK]

Reign of Idiots
Apr 30, 2017  By Chris Hedges

<http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/reign_of_idiots_20170430>

Quotes:
The idiots take over in the final days of crumbling civilizations.
Idiot generals wage endless, unwinnable wars that bankrupt the nation.
Idiot economists call for reducing taxes for the rich and cutting
social service programs for the poor, and project economic growth on
the basis of myth. Idiot industrialists poison the water, the soil and
the air, slash jobs and depress wages. Idiot bankers gamble on
self-created financial bubbles and impose crippling debt peonage on
the citizens. Idiot journalists and public intellectuals pretend
despotism is democracy. Idiot intelligence operatives orchestrate the
overthrow of foreign governments to create lawless enclaves that give
rise to enraged fanatics.

There is a familiar checklist for extinction. We are ticking off every
item on it.
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I don't agree with all of his rant, but it is a refreshing bucket of
cold water over the mainstream propaganda.  :)


BillK