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2006-05-14 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by ryuge 2006-05-14 00:03|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Leave it up to VDH to put things into proper perspective.

The infotainment industry has wealth and power beyond any historical precedent, and neither they nor the public really know how to deal with it.

Throughout history sane societies appreciated entertainers/storytellers but certainly didn't give them the exalted status they enjoy now. If anything, they properly regarded them as a bit off kilter. It may be several more generations before we all do. Until then, we will see the treatment of WWII that VDH lays out as the standard rather than the one that actually took place at that time.

The antiwar moonbats (leftists and "libertarians" alike) would argue that this struggle in no way matches the one against fascism.

They're wrong, of course, but they have to think that way. If it were otherwise, it would mean their entire world view was incorrect to below its foundations, and they'd be faced with the unpleasant and difficult task of rethinking their lives. I doubt they have the honesty or work ethic or grounding in Western civilization for that.

Posted by no mo uro 2006-05-14 08:54|| 2006-05-14 08:54|| Front Page Top

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