ABitSpicy on Nostr: Some highlights from "The Biggest Mistake America Has Ever Made" by Jacob G. ...
Some highlights from "The Biggest Mistake America Has Ever Made" by Jacob G. Hornberger.
You can read the entire article at:
https://mises.org/power-market/biggest-mistake-america-has-ever-made
"In other words, the more restricted the powers, the freer the people would be. The more unrestricted the powers, the less free the people would be".
"They understood what modern-day Americans do not understand — that the greatest danger to their freedom and well-being lay not in some foreign threat but rather with their very own government".
"Since Americans are inculcated with the notion that they are a free people, they do not question the national-security state form of government. Instead, they are convinced that it’s part and parcel of a free society, notwithstanding the fact that such authoritarian and dictatorial regimes as Russia, China, North Korea, Cuba, Egypt, and many others are also national-security states".
"They all have been inculcated with the notion that the Pentagon, the CIA, and the NSA are necessary for their safety and security".
"The federal judiciary has made it very clear that it will never interfere with any assassination of either a foreign citizen or an American citizen as long as it relates to the protection of 'national security.' "
You can read the entire article at:
https://mises.org/power-market/biggest-mistake-america-has-ever-made
"In other words, the more restricted the powers, the freer the people would be. The more unrestricted the powers, the less free the people would be".
"They understood what modern-day Americans do not understand — that the greatest danger to their freedom and well-being lay not in some foreign threat but rather with their very own government".
"Since Americans are inculcated with the notion that they are a free people, they do not question the national-security state form of government. Instead, they are convinced that it’s part and parcel of a free society, notwithstanding the fact that such authoritarian and dictatorial regimes as Russia, China, North Korea, Cuba, Egypt, and many others are also national-security states".
"They all have been inculcated with the notion that the Pentagon, the CIA, and the NSA are necessary for their safety and security".
"The federal judiciary has made it very clear that it will never interfere with any assassination of either a foreign citizen or an American citizen as long as it relates to the protection of 'national security.' "