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In reply to the discussion: The Obama administration is aggressively growing private prisons, [View all]Last edited Tue Mar 26, 2013, 05:00 PM - Edit history (1)
Official and unofficial propaganda continuouslydrums home the message that the friends and allies of the nation
are virtuous and the enemies evil. The average man in the street
has a firm belief that the governments (and possibly the people as well)
of certain nations are his friends in a very personal sense while others
are his enemies. He is willing to pay high taxes, obey regulations that
may be detrimental to his private interests, and even go to war and kill
people in support of his nation's foreign polley. He would he shocked
and horrified if his government suddenly asked him to alter all his
opinions and fight on the side of the nations he dislikes against the nations
he likes. Sudden changes are therefore made particularly difficult
by the role of modern public opinion.
Organski, A. F. K. (1958). World politics (p. 353). New York: Knopf.
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woo me with science
Mar 2013
OP
We have the biggest prison population in the world. There had to be a reason for that
sabrina 1
Mar 2013
#1
Prison slave labor? I thought we wanted to bring manufacturing back to America!
bullwinkle428
Mar 2013
#3
This is chilling, but what I've come to expect from Obama. There is nothing he won't sell out.
forestpath
Mar 2013
#8
It's no coincidence that the 80s 'War on Drugs' hysteria occured during the birth of the private
markiv
Mar 2013
#10
Just imagine if that money went to education and text books weren't from Texas.
valerief
Mar 2013
#15
Agreed. They advcoate all kinds of freedom except when it comes women's bodies and Jesus.
MindPilot
Mar 2013
#39
You obscure the truth. Obama is using our government to support and grow this private industry.
woo me with science
Mar 2013
#59