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do you think we are going into ww3? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 days ago by Nyxphoebe@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I want to hear you reasons, why do you think that.

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[–] M1ch431@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yes, surely with programs like PRISM and the NSA, and corporations collecting information about literally every aspect of our lives with every device we purchase...they are just trying to sell us ads.

Our ruling power structure is paranoid, our government is rogue and largely does not serve US citizens (only the ruling elite), they maintain control by invoking fear, division, outrage, and stress in the population and they count on our learned helplessness and slave mentality. They want us to be depressed, they want us to be chronically ill and tired, they want us to be poor and struggling, and most importantly they want us to think we're the "good guys" fighting the "bad guys".