I am bemused by all these former colonialist European powers ganging up on barely identifiable ( from the air ? ) " Islamic terrorists " with their round the clock bombing campaign of poor, miserable Syria-and bombastically making it sound as glorious and patriotic and world saving as the famous Battle of Britain during World War II.
With good sense Pope Francis speaks out today about the New Colonialism. Almost 60 years ago the French writer Albert Camus said that he would like to love both his country and justice-but French atrocities in the Algerian civil war were making that quite difficult.
Working class people should believe that imperialist arrogance will save the " civilized " world from Islamic terrorism ?
And the French president, Francois Hollande, calls himself a " socialist " ? It seems that betraying the ideals of socialism - like international working class solidarity- is nothing less than a lucrative for-profit industry in the " civilized " world.
I recall Leon Trotsky writing about truly exquisite French hypocrisy . Yes, " if lies were made of dynamite, the whole world would blow up ".
To be sure, the French " way of life " mocks the poor and oppressed just as much as the American Way of Life . Nice to know that former middle class Americans now living in their cars still enjoy the same " way of life " as Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton and the Ayn Rand fans in the Republican Party.
Don't let a little thing like the class struggle spoil inspiring patriotic drivel.
And let's keep an eye on those " good Germans ". I associate them with Bertrand Russell's " Nice People " ( from " Why I Am Not A Christian " ).
With good sense Pope Francis speaks out today about the New Colonialism. Almost 60 years ago the French writer Albert Camus said that he would like to love both his country and justice-but French atrocities in the Algerian civil war were making that quite difficult.
Working class people should believe that imperialist arrogance will save the " civilized " world from Islamic terrorism ?
And the French president, Francois Hollande, calls himself a " socialist " ? It seems that betraying the ideals of socialism - like international working class solidarity- is nothing less than a lucrative for-profit industry in the " civilized " world.
I recall Leon Trotsky writing about truly exquisite French hypocrisy . Yes, " if lies were made of dynamite, the whole world would blow up ".
To be sure, the French " way of life " mocks the poor and oppressed just as much as the American Way of Life . Nice to know that former middle class Americans now living in their cars still enjoy the same " way of life " as Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton and the Ayn Rand fans in the Republican Party.
Don't let a little thing like the class struggle spoil inspiring patriotic drivel.
And let's keep an eye on those " good Germans ". I associate them with Bertrand Russell's " Nice People " ( from " Why I Am Not A Christian " ).
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