[Peace-discuss] What we're up against

[C. G. Estabrook]

"I've devoted a lot of time and effort to the question of how to reach the 
American mind concerning US foreign policy. To a large extent what this comes 
down to is trying to counterbalance the lifetime of indoctrination someone 
raised in the United States receives. " William Blum

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"When you grow up in middle America you are inculcated from the earliest age 
with the belief - no, the understanding - that America is the richest and most 
powerful nation on earth because God likes us best. It has the most perfect form 
of government, the most exciting sporting events, the tastiest food and amplest 
portions, the largest cars, the cheapest gasoline, the most abundant natural 
resources, the most productive farms, the most devastating nuclear arsenal and 
the friendliest, most decent and most patriotic folks on Earth. Countries just 
don't come any better. So why anyone would want to live anywhere else is 
practically incomprehensible. In a foreigner it is puzzling; in a native it is 
seditious. I used to feel this way myself." -  Bill Bryson

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"Without education, we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated 
people seriously."  -  G.K. Chesterton