"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
Dorothea Lange’s Censored Photographs of FDR’s Japanese Concentration Camps
"She was eager to take the commission, despite being opposed to the effort, as she believed 'a true record of the evacuation would be valuable in the future.' The military commanders that reviewed her work realized that Lange’s contrary point of view was evident through her photographs, and seized them for the duration of World War II, even writing 'Impounded' across some of the prints. The photos were quietly deposited into the National Archives, where they remained largely unseen until 2006."
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Extraordinary.
Quote: The very fact that no sabotage has taken place to date is a disturbing and confirming indication that such action will be taken. — General John L. DeWitt, head of the U.S. Army’s Western Defense Command.
Such is government logic. Strike back, you're a saboteur. Do nothing, you will be one.
This was the atmosphere in which I grew up and from which I was inundated from birth (1935 Gregorian):
'... “A viper is nonetheless a viper wherever the egg is hatched—so a Japanese-American, born of Japanese parents—grows up to be a Japanese, not an American.”
— Los Angeles Times, February 2, 1942 ...'
So, please be patient as I attempt to make the transformation from xenophobe to critical thinker.
Libertarianism, anarchy, is merely a lengthy exercise in critical thinking as I see it. Dogmatic ideas and attitudes don't fit well in freedom and liberty. Managers and controllers are always standing in the wings, attempting to inhibit and hamper free thinking.
Sam