You want to know what imperial conditioning looks like from the inside?
It looks like a person who knows that the United States has the largest prison population in the history of human civilization, and still describes other countries as "unfree."
It looks like a person who knows their healthcare system allows people to die from rationed insulin, and still describes other countries' economics as "failed."
It looks like a person who watched their government spend $2.3 trillion over twenty years building a state in Afghanistan that collapsed in just 10 days, and still trusts that same government's assessment of which other countries are "stable" or "democratic" or "ready for self-governance."
It is not stupidity.
It is something more structurally interesting than stupidity.
It is what happens when the story a person needs to believe about themselves is in direct conflict with the evidence their own eyes can see, and the story wins.
Not because the evidence is unclear.
But because the cost of following the evidence to its conclusion is too high.
Better a comfortable contradiction than an uncomfortable clarity.
The empire is built on that choice, made daily, by millions of people.
The reason why The US hasn’t apologized or given reparations for the genocide of Black Americans, is because you can’t apologize for something you’re actively doing.
@MikeGle04686587@RepTenney This is the stupidest thing I've seen in a loooong time. Reading books could help prevent you from posting such complete idiocy.
@Nate_moseby@JohnKel33154618 Steyer, the hedge fund billionaire who made his fortune from for-profit prisons and the fossil fuel industry, mainly coal? Lol. Lmao.
@SenTedCruz Such BS. China is a beacon for the world to follow. The USA has been the true destructor of peace, freedom & prosperity for the people of the world.
Being a senator it's embarrassing you don't know it's the Communist Party of China (CPC), not the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Your smart TV is taking screenshots of your screen every 15 seconds.
Not a guess. Not a theory.
A peer-reviewed study by researchers at UC Davis, UCL, and UC3M tested it.
Samsung TVs: every minute.
LG TVs: every 15 seconds.
Even when you're just using it as a monitor.
Here's how to turn it off for every brand: