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Yasha Levine's avatar

"Joe Biden has signed a $40 billion aid bill to Ukraine. But the biggest beneficiary isn’t ordinary Ukrainians — it’s the US military contractors set to receive at least $17 billion in additional revenue." https://jacobinmag.com/2022/05/ukraine-aid-bill-congress-biden-military-health/

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John A. Joslin's avatar

The extent of self-delusion is now astonishing.

In the last couple of days nobody has said a word about any of this to me … friend or stranger .

So, somehow …reality is somehow being treated or considered as optional (?!)

Reality is certainly not ‘positive’ enough by contemporary standards of healthy optimistic living & we’re increasingly fearful of ‘spreading’ negativity by noting or commenting on IT ( reality ).

I think we’re tacitly agreeing to ‘wait IT out ‘.

As if reality were a passing thunderstorm .

I think it will be increasingly common to be generally unable to detect ourselves doing this as we are disconnecting from feedback ( sensory / sensible relations with our situation & actions) !

So thank you ( Yasha…) for remarking on your observations.

-J.J. ( Detroit the ex-motor city, Michigan … down the road from Sturgis, Michigan , the current home of the world’s most contaminated baby formula factory :(

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John A. Joslin's avatar

“…papered over w/ lies & self deception.”

Ooooof. - J.Joslin ( electrician @ Detroit, Michigan near Canada )

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Katherine Dolan's avatar

Very good summary, thanks.

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Yasha Levine's avatar

very war zone like

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