The U.S. Presidential Election of 2016: The Means (Corruption) Are Justified by the End (Power)

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The U.S. Presidential Election of 2016: The Means (Corruption) Are Justified by the End (Power) By Humberto Gómez Sequeira-HuGóS | Tuesday, November 1, 2016

“The atom bomb was no 'great decision.' It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness.” Harry S. Truman tried to convert the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki into a good that he did to the people of Japan because—as a Christian and President of the United States—he was righteous and, therefore, the bomb was his messenger of righteousness. However, the bomb was built with his consent and the consent of the Democratic Party and Republican Party, knowing that it was “an explosive great enough to destroy the whole world.” Yet they decided to use it because their end—demonstrating the Robber Barons’ new weapon to the other imperialist robbers—justified the killing of thousands of innocent persons.

Detail from Corrupt Legislation (1896) by Elihu Vedder. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C. Wikipedia

Truman’s end was the same as the Robber Barons’ end: The conquering and pillaging of Japan; not the imparting of a lesson on righteousness to the Japanese people, particularly the women who were raped by their soldiers. His attempt to baptize the bomb as a force for good was the reaffirmation of the mentality that the original Robber Barons who stole the country


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