The Empire Depends On Our Unwillingness To Look At Its Crimes by Caitlin Johnstone published on 2024-02-07T12:42:39Z This entire sick dystopia is held together by psychological compartmentalization. By the fact that it's more comfortable to avoid looking directly at the horrors of the status quo we live under, even though on some level we all know those horrors are there. Reading by Tim Foley. Genre News & Politics Comment by Jean-Louis Turcot Like the 'Toys Are Us' stores, the Empire is US, as in you and me. 'They' Are Us. WE do the dirty work of the empire. When we are aware that there are homeless or malnourished people in our neck of the woods, and we don't think about it with at least some hint of sympathy,, WE are the empire. 2024-02-07T14:42:58Z
