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(65) S1E25 Imperialism, Independence, and Iran
Season 1 · Episode 25

(65) S1E25 Imperialism, Independence, and Iran

Since today is Independence Day in the United States, I thought it would be a good time to look at how we have gained and maintained our independence. We take a look at some very hard truths about the United States, and the human condition expressed in it

The Fourth Way · The Fourth Way

July 3, 202048m 19s

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George Cannon, predecessor of the Truman Doctrine, in a memo (1948): https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Memo_PPS23_by_George_Kennan
"Furthermore, we have about 50% of the world's wealth but only 6.3% of its population. This disparity is particularly great as between ourselves and the peoples of Asia. In this situation, we cannot fail to be the object of envy and resentment. Our real task in the coming period is to devise a pattern of relationships which will permit us to maintain this position of disparity without positive detriment to our national security. To do so, we will have to dispense with all sentimentality and day-dreaming; and our attention will have to be concentrated everywhere on our immediate national objectives. We need not deceive ourselves that we can afford today the luxury of altruism and world-benefaction."

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pacifismnonviolenceChristianUnited StatesAmericaJuly 4Independence DayChomskyJesse WashingtonAtrocityNationalismPatriotism
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