Americans a few days ago were subjected yet again to the annual charade, the Fourth of July celebration of the American Revolution. Americans are perpetually "dumbed down" by the superior power elite of industry and the subordinate power elite of government to believe that America's first war was necessary and successful.
The Truth About the American Revolution
The oligarchic invaders of America, lusting for land and more power, were creatures of habit and flawed in character and clearly in no mood to kowtow to King George, so they started America's first war, The American Revolution.
It was a totally avoidable and unjust war. To be sure, the invaders presented King George with a long list of grievances in their Declaration of Independence, but by signing it they had no intention of relying on state craft to seek a nonviolent resolution. Their "olive branch" petition sent later to the King, moreover, was clearly insincere and the King knew it. [1]
Seeking a settlement with "Mad King George" would not have been as ludicrous as it may seem. His troops, fighting far away on foreign soil, would never have prevailed in the long run even if they had won. Instead, they would have eventually dissolved from exhaustion, lack of resources, and sense of futility in the face of continued resistance and civil disobedience from the colonists. The American Revolution was thus a Pyrrhic victory for the revolutionaries, leaving over 25,000 of them dead and as many wounded, predisposing the new nation to a future of warring as a habitual means to further its own colonizing and global exploitation.
The American Revolution was also a hoax for the powerless colonists on two counts. One, they were conned and whipped into a lather by Thomas Paine's fiery pamphlet, "Common Sense" instilling in the colonists a sense of their new nation being exceptional and brimming with unlimited opportunities. [2] He ought to be credited instead with helping to sow more seeds conceptually for America's chronic war habit. There was nothing "common sense" about losing so many lives that could have been avoided, and his parochial and arrogant thinking about America being special would evolve into the idea of America's "manifest destiny," coined by an American columnist, editor, and political appointee in 1845 that has served as an ideology and rationale frequently used by America's evil elite to justify their militaristic imperialism. [3] Two, they remained powerless after the War was won. The original power elite had been intent all along in substituting their own despotic rule for the despotic rule by King George and his chartered corporations. Their biggest investors were not exactly the most "noble" of character; one of them, for example, had major interests in a piracy business. These managers were oppressive and ruthless in running their overseas operations. The most ruthless may have been the Virginia Company. It was called a "prison without walls" by the "gentleman" who promoted investments in the company. [4]
Dumbed-Down Americans
Journalist Charles Pierce calls us an "idiot America" where stupidity or ignorance is glorified. [5] The power elite can't risk a smarter America, so they "dumb her down." [6] This is being accomplished in many ways.
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