by americandream » Tue 18 Aug 2009, 05:39:35
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Grautr', 'M')ost military historians agree that the Waffen SS of WWII were the best soldiers from both a motivational and tactical point of view. They were molded and trained from a young age and it was the political ideas instilled in them which made them better combatants.
Oliver Cromwell,of English civil war fame, Ws an outstanding cavalry commander. A major reason for this was he used to handpick his men from the most devout puritan and sectarians, their ideologybeing 'God is on our side'.
I dont know what your defining by elite but our polititians definatly care what we think. Its called propaganda and you can find it by turning on the TV.
And what is the propaganda they fill your heads with? Work, consume, play. If politicians (managers) care for you, its to the extent that you will profit their masters, the owners of wealth and enterprises that feed our consumerism. And these masters are additionally invested in China.
Irrespective of whether you are loyally goose stepping to a local overlord or frantically queuing up for the next big discount, you never enjoy the fruits of your own commonwealth but invariably act on behalf of someone else.
That someone has since matured into a global player. Understand that and you may understand why the world you know will change beyond recognition before you die. Don't and you will die a confused and disillusioned individual.