by bobcousins » Thu 06 Oct 2005, 21:54:42
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rogerhb', 'S')o what happened to leaders giving their peeps hope?
Hope failed when they couldn't deliver on their promises. Remember when we were all going to lead a life of leisure while robots and nuclear power did the work?
Fear works just as well, better in fact because bad shit does eventually happen.
The Neocons are children of the Cold War. The military-industrial complex needed the Cold War because WW2 ended. The Cold War was great, they think they won it, but it ended, they need a sequel. Cue Cold War II: The War on Terror. Same plot, bigger special effects, more explosions, more camel chases.
Hitler came to power because having lost WW1 he wouldn't stop fighting. The US wins two wars and won't stop fighting.
I for one welcome our new fascist overlords!
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