Saturday, October 11, 2014

You may be propagandized if....



1)  You see 6 mafia-men jump a man and take his money, but when you see the police lock someone in a cage for not giving the government tax dollars, you identify the same victim as a criminal.

2)  You gloss over every piece of evidence that says maybe your government isn't the greatest thing in the world and dismiss it as anti-american propaganda.

3)  You see a counterfeiter get arrested and quickly say "good thing they caught that guy.  Counterfeiters reduce the value of my money by injecting more/fake money into the economy... But when the Federal Reserve creates new money out of thin air, you call it "good fiscal policy."

4)  You agree with absolutely everything government does.  Remember the pledge of allegiance?

5)  Facts found on the internet are true when they point to the idea that the U. S. Government is the greatest entity on earth, and when you see facts found on the internet that contradict that conclusion, you say "anyone can say anything on the internet"

6)  You think that graduating high school/college means you are educated, regardless of how much information you remembered and forgot, how many tests you guessed on, etc.

7)  You see the civilians who die in war as collateral damage instead of people who were murdered.

8)  You think of the nuclear bombs launched on Nagasaki and Hiroshima as a testament to the government's power rather than as a testament for the government's capacity and willingness to commit evil.

9)  You are glad to live in a first world capitalist economy, which outlasted communism in the cold war, and push for regulation of business, welfare projects, wage controls, central banking, etc.

10)  You identify moral rules as being universal, but when questioned about the government's violation of those rules, you bring up the effects and dismiss it.

11)  You see government as the solution to any social problem.

12)  You know what the president's golf score is, what he had for dinner, where he ate it... all or any one of these is fine.

13)  You refuse to believe that calling government a necessary evil is the same as saying evil is necessary.

14)  You say thank you when a police officer gives you a ticket or a judge decides to throw you in a cage.

15)  You cannot conceive of any way to build roads, enforce safety standards, or make sure our food is not rotten without the government.

16) you think capitalism means government giving money to businesses.