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5. Yes, I felt much like you after viewing it. The issue of war is coming up for the purpose of
Mon Mar 30, 2015, 08:19 PM
Mar 2015

distracting the masses, when really what is at hand are financial matters, and is certainly changeable. I didn't see it as a right wing thing, because the right ring would be the first at drumming for war. Personally, I think as a society, we reject war like never before which is why there's the increase in disinfo to shape opinion.

Perhaps the most important thing is that people everywhere are seeing war as a racket, and we are living through a deterioration of all economies, not just our own. Everywhere we see people battling the same oligarchs. I do believe they are unable to keep up the pretense that all is well, so that's the biggest takeaway from this interview.

The most important lesson for all of us, IMO, is to expect and demand more from a gov't which is supposed to be representing us, but is clearly representing the l%. Like you, I wonder, how will we respond?

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