Americans should be shocked at the idea that a ceasefire, under any terms, is unacceptable in Ukraine . They are not. Goebbels said that If you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it. The propaganda machine in the U.S. has worked and now people believe that war is preferable to peace, because peace without "Democracy" is not a…
Americans should be shocked at the idea that a ceasefire, under any terms, is unacceptable in Ukraine . They are not. Goebbels said that If you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it. The propaganda machine in the U.S. has worked and now people believe that war is preferable to peace, because peace without "Democracy" is not acceptable, or some such idiotic indoctrination. When those who advocate peace are considered the enemy, the outlook for the future is grim indeed.
Göring: Why, of course, the people don't want war. Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship.
Gilbert: There is one difference. In a democracy, the people have some say in the matter through their elected representatives, and in the United States only Congress can declare wars.
Göring: Oh, that is all well and good, but, voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country.
• In an interview with Gilbert in Göring's jail cell during the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials (18 April 1946)
The United States is a republic, but an oligarchic republic featuring unlimited political bribery for those who can afford pricey lawyers, and not a democratic republic, as it is at times advertised.
Americans should be shocked at the idea that a ceasefire, under any terms, is unacceptable in Ukraine . They are not. Goebbels said that If you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it. The propaganda machine in the U.S. has worked and now people believe that war is preferable to peace, because peace without "Democracy" is not acceptable, or some such idiotic indoctrination. When those who advocate peace are considered the enemy, the outlook for the future is grim indeed.
Göring: Why, of course, the people don't want war. Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship.
Gilbert: There is one difference. In a democracy, the people have some say in the matter through their elected representatives, and in the United States only Congress can declare wars.
Göring: Oh, that is all well and good, but, voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country.
• In an interview with Gilbert in Göring's jail cell during the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials (18 April 1946)
The United States is a republic, but an oligarchic republic featuring unlimited political bribery for those who can afford pricey lawyers, and not a democratic republic, as it is at times advertised.