There`s very little that makes any sense in a culture of capitalism as it is in terms of how humanity should organize itself and its activities and, down the road, if there is a down the road, I predict this opinion will be universally recognized.
I'm trying to make this point to my Boomer parents all the time. "The U.S. says it should attack Saddam because he uses weapons to terrorize his people and neighbors." and "The U.S. says it should attack Saddam because he uses weapons to terrorize his people and neighbors. Though he is using weapons the U.S. and its allies sold him" are both factual statements but the added context of the later comment makes it seem less neutral than the other. But it's obviously irresponsible to report only the first and not the later. The context brings so much. In retrospect for example it's extremely clear why people who had studied previous bouts of American military adventurism were those most skeptical about the 2003 Iraq War. They had the context of America's constant shifting and meddling in the region and what it had meant in similar conflicts. Those least neutral were also best informed.
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There`s very little that makes any sense in a culture of capitalism as it is in terms of how humanity should organize itself and its activities and, down the road, if there is a down the road, I predict this opinion will be universally recognized.
I'm trying to make this point to my Boomer parents all the time.
"The U.S. says it should attack Saddam because he uses weapons to terrorize his people and neighbors."
and
"The U.S. says it should attack Saddam because he uses weapons to terrorize his people and neighbors. Though he is using weapons the U.S. and its allies sold him"
are both factual statements but the added context of the later comment makes it seem less neutral than the other. But it's obviously irresponsible to report only the first and not the later. The context brings so much. In retrospect for example it's extremely clear why people who had studied previous bouts of American military adventurism were those most skeptical about the 2003 Iraq War. They had the context of America's constant shifting and meddling in the region and what it had meant in similar conflicts.
Those least neutral were also best informed.