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"It means, I am trying to convey a message that the things people place their trust in on a societal level are not trustworthy at all. I am trying to unveil the true nature, human nature, of groups, agencies, religions, municipalities, institutions and the societal structure."

And you are doing a great job, sir. Thank you.

Agatha Christie also had an acute understanding of the kind of people you write of; it often turned out the very people wearing the mask of societally-constructed virtue were the worst of humankind. She was right and so are you.

As these and numerous acts of utter evil are increasingly exposed by phones, cameras etc it seems as if the attitude is to double down: "So what? What are you going to do about it?" The attitude of those beasts in the video seem coldly robotic with no remorse at all. Those men get a kick out of what they've done; psychopaths are now living the dream, getting paid to inflict pain and misery on people unable to defend themselves. The kingdom of Satan on Earth.

Normal people brought up in love and kindness would be racked with guilt over that kind of behaviour; parents and families of those thugs would be deeply ashamed.

US society for ordinary people is now almost utterly broken and I'm reminded of the great Gil Scott-Herron again: "Home is where the hatred is." No wonder.

As the Western Empire creaks and faces defeats to powerful actors like Russia, it's behaviour will become increasingly psychopathic to those within and without it's borders.

"The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear." Antonio Gramsci

Your work and writing are much appreciated this end. Thanks again.

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Lois Thomson Bowersock's avatar

I felt profoundly sad watching how those officers treated that deaf man. That was wrong from every way you look at it. That video should be used in every Police Training Academy as an excellent example of what NOT to do and how to be a TERRIBLE COP. As usual, Jean-Baptiste, you hit the nail on the head.

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