n Caitlin Johnstone
Celebrities are psy-ops wrapped in human skin Hollywood is a giant propaganda mill which, when it isn’t cranking out movies that are funded and controlled by the US war machine, is putting on spectacular 90-minute ‘The imperialist world order is perfectly sane and capitalism is totally working’ infomercial presentations
Sean Penn – Photo: Seher Sikaner / Wikimedia
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NN recently trotted out Hollywood actor Sean Penn to give the nation expert advice on how to deal with a novel virus pandemic. Did they do this because we live in a universe where madness reigns and everything is chaos? Close, but no. They wanted Penn to explain to the public that it would be wonderful if the US military was deployed inside US borders to deal with the pandemic, because the US military is the greatest humanitarian force on Earth.
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“There is no greater humanitarian force on the planet than the United States military”, Penn said. “The logistical skills, commitment to service, their care for the people. It’s really time to give the military the full breadth command and control of this operation. I wouldn’t blink, I would have put command and control in their hands a month ago, certainly today”.
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he US military is, in fact, one of the least humanitarian forces on this planet, second only to malarialaden mosquitos (and even that’s debatable). No other force is circling the globe murdering people in countless undeclared military entanglements and bullying the world into complying with the interests of a nationless alliance of plutocrats and opaque government agencies at the expense of ordinary humans everywhere. They are the exact opposite of a humanitarian force on this planet. Medical staff are a force for humanitarianism on this planet right now. Grocery store clerks
are a force for humanitarianism on this planet. The US military are the armed thugs of a metastatic globe-sprawling empire run by sociopaths. Don’t say “Thank you for your service” to veterans whose only contribution to humanity has been helping to murder people for imperialist fossil fuel control agendas and Raytheon profit margins. Say “Thank you for your service” to your local cashier. To do the former is to participate in a cruel collective propaganda operation which only encourages more young people to hurl their bodies into the gears of the US war machine in search of the respect and honour you’re displaying, while to do the latter is to thank someone for actually providing a crucial service to human beings. The malfunction in Penn’s mind is the result of many malignant factors, but among them is the fact that people who rise to fame and fortune naturally experience a gravitational pull toward elitist echo chambers which cultivate narratives that favour the status quo which gave rise to their fame and fortune. You have a hard time
