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January 31st, 2021
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The New Domestic War on Terror Прекрасное, от Гленна Гринвальда (по основной профессии, антивоенного правозащитника при Сноудене и Челси Мэннинг) https://greenwald.substack.com/p/the-ne про то, как сотрудники спецслужб, возглавлявшие "войну с террором" при Буше и Обаме, готовятся применять к трампоидам ту же тактику, что применяли к Игилу, с одобрения администрации Байдена. ...Calls for a War on Terror sequel - a domestic version complete with surveillance and censorship - are not confined to ratings-deprived cable hosts and ghouls from the security state. The Wall Street Journal reports that "Mr. Biden has said he plans to make a priority of passing a law against domestic terrorism, and he has been urged to create a White House post overseeing the fight against ideologically inspired violent extremists and increasing funding to combat them." Why would such new terrorism laws be needed in a country that already imprisons more of its citizens than any other country in the world as the result of a very aggressive set of criminal laws? What acts should be criminalized by new "domestic terrorism" laws that are not already deemed criminal? They never say, almost certainly because - just as was true of the first set of new War on Terror laws - their real aim is to criminalize that which should not be criminalized: speech, association, protests, opposition to the new ruling coalition. * * * Собираются сажать (причем без суда, демократами уже внесен законопроект, который будет применять к диссидентам те же нормы военного правосудия, что действовали в Ираке и Афганистане) за "подстрекательство к насилию", в частности, за сомнения в легитимности американских выборов. ...First, much of the alarmism and fear-mongering is being driven by a deliberate distortion of what it means for speech to "incite violence." The bastardizing of this phrase was the basis for President Trump's rushed impeachment last week. It is also what is driving calls for dozens of members of Congress to be expelled and even prosecuted on "sedition" charges for having objected to the Electoral College certification, and is also at the heart of the spate of censorship actions already undertaken and further repressive measures being urged. Гринвальд живет в Бразилии. Понятно, что из Бразилии оно видится гораздо пакостнее, чем изнутри, потому что весь объем говна, которое изливается из масс-медиа, снаружи выглядит более выпукло. Но не удивлюсь, что прав тут как раз он, а не местные. По крайней мере американские масс-медиа успели незаметно обойти газету Правда, и сейчас приближаются к журналу Корея; с Байденом в роли Ким Ир Сена. Что интересно (хотя и предсказуемо), Фокс Ньюс выступает таким же оплотом ортодоксии, как и NYT и CNN. ...John Heileman at MSNBC compared Biden's speech to Abe Lincoln's second inaugural, and suggested that the sight of "the Clintons, the Bushes, and the Obamas" gathered for the event was like "the Marvel superheroes all back in one place" (this was not the first post-election Avengers comparison to be heard on cable). Rachel Maddow talked about going through "half a box of Kleenex" as she watched the proceedings. Chris Wallace on Fox said Biden's lumbering speech was "the best inaugural address I ever heard," John Kennedy's "Ask Not" speech included. The joyful tone was set the night before by CNN's David Challen, who said lights along the Washington Mall were like "extensions of Joe Biden's arms embracing America." Заканчивает Гринвальд обычным в последнее время призывом объединиться с правыми для борьбы с номенклатурой. Neoliberalism and imperialism do not care about the pseudo-fights between the two parties or the cable TV bickering of the day. They do not like the far left or the far right. They do not like extremism of any kind. They do not support Communism and they do not support neo-Nazism or some fascist revolution. They care only about one thing: disempowering and crushing anyone who dissents from and threatens their hegemony. They care about stopping dissidents. All the weapons they build and institutions they assemble - the FBI, the DOJ, the CIA, the NSA, oligarchical power - exist for that sole and exclusive purpose, to fortify their power by rewarding those who accede to their pieties and crushing those who do not. The first War on Terror ended up being wielded primarily on foreign soil but it has increasingly been imported onto domestic soil against Americans. This New War on Terror - one that is domestic in name from the start and carries the explicit purpose of fighting "extremists" and "domestic terrorists" among American citizens on U.S. soil - presents the whole slew of historically familiar dangers when governments, exploiting media-generated fear and dangers, arm themselves with the power to control information, debate, opinion, activism and protests. * * * Все так. "Выше, выше, черный стяг! Государство - главный враг!" Государство и его как бы частные щупальца, которые вырабатывают и осуществляют государственную политику: Голливуд, амазон-гугл-ФСБук-эппл, частные тюрьмы, майнстримные масс-медиа, финансисты. Трамп называл эту дрянь "deep state", в России его называют "гебня" и "номенклатура", но суть у них одна; по факту, современный российский гебист-номенклатурщик, оказавшись в Конгрессе, Wall-street или около, не заметит никакой разницы, и будет продолжать заниматься тем же, чем всегда занимается. If you identify as a conservative and continue to believe that your prime enemies are ordinary leftists, or you identify as a leftist and believe your prime enemies are Republican citizens, you will fall perfectly into the trap set for you. Namely, you will ignore your real enemies, the ones who actually wield power at your expense: ruling class elites, who really do not care about "right v. left" and most definitely do not care about "Republican v. Democrat" - as evidenced by the fact that they fund both parties... A standard Goldman Sachs banker or Silicon Valley executive has far more in common, and is far more comfortable, with Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan than they do with the ordinary American citizen. Except when it means a mildly disruptive presence - like Trump - they barely care whether Democrats or Republicans rule various organs of government, or whether people who call themselves "liberals" or "conservatives" ascend to power. 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