"Why, of course, the people don't want war," - Hermann Göring.
Since the fallout from our disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan and the ongoing cleanup, we have heard a lot from various pundits about “the will” to win wars and the failure of politicians to explain American interests in the Middle East. The result, or so the reasoning goes, is that we clearly should have stayed but our presence there was wildly unpopular with voters. Some pundits have gone so far as to say that we ought to embrace the reality of our empire so we can start doing a decent job of it.
But foreign engagements have always been more appealing for those at the top than those at the bottom. In this episode, we discuss the process through which people at the top persuade ordinary Americans to support some of the biggest wars in American History. In particular, we explore the propaganda that served as official reasons for entering the war presented to the public and the reality on the ground.
Music: Beauty Flow by Kevin Macleod
Photo: Joel Rivera-Camacho on Unsplash
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106: Critical Theory Is Critically Flawed
105: Current News & Marijuana Law Reform
104: Immigration Revisited
103: Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook, and The Era of Fact Checkers
102: Biden, Trump, and the Collapse of our Economic Bubble?
101: Student Loan Forgiveness
100: Climate Change Philosophy
99: Dutch Farmers & The Coming Famine
98: The Inflation Reduction Act
97: The Federal Budget & Social Security
96: January 6th Hearings
95: Austrian Economics Part 3
94: The Supreme Court’s Rulings
93: Rothbard & Austrian Economics
92: Greedflation
91: The Uvalde School Shooting
90: Twitter Exposed & Political Markets
89: Are Things Just Really Bad Right Now?
88: The Overturning of Roe V. Wade
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