Many Say They Want Peace When What They Really Want Is Obedience, by Caitlin Johnstone

Bomb ’em into submission has never been a winning formula for peace. From Caitlin Johnstone at caitlinjohnstone.com:

Everyone says they want peace, but they mean different things by this. To an anti-imperialist, peace means the end of violence, oppression and exploitation. To a Zionist, peace means Palestinians lie down and accept their fate and neighboring nations cease disobeying Israel. To a supporter of the US empire, peace means all nations around the world submit to US unipolar hegemony. Many say they want peace when what they really want is tyranny.

If “peace” to you means other populations bow down and submit to your will, then it makes perfect sense for you to believe that your wars are being waged to attain peace, because those wars are being used to violently bludgeon those populations into obedience. If your definition of peace means the cessation of all violence and abuse, then you will support ceasefires, peace negotiations, diplomacy, the de-escalation of tensions, the cessation of imperialist extraction, and the end of apartheid and injustice.

Pay less attention to people’s words about wanting “peace” and focus instead on what actions they are supporting to accomplish that end. This will show you the truth about what they really want.

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One response to “Many Say They Want Peace When What They Really Want Is Obedience, by Caitlin Johnstone

  1. The Curse of the Puritans will have to be dealt with.

    Soft weak infantile hive minds are happy with my way or the highway as they to depend on Mommygov to keep them safe always.

    They will fight tooth and nail and turn you in for an EBT card for the delusion über alles but smoke and mirrors are not meant to be forever and always reach the end of the line.

    The rest of the world with some nations being around for thousands of years say Go F’ Yourself Yankee regarding some unearned hegemony.

    “We are a nation of sheep, andsomeone else owns the grass.”― George Carlin

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