Over 20 years later and we’re still meddling in the middle east.
In the wake of 9/11, I can understand how one could adopt and blindly adhere to the government’s working definition of “patriotism”: doing your nation’s dirty work abroad. In 2026, though, I fail to see how this same mindset, in a rational person, couldn’t be intentional cognitive dissonance. It’s clear that foreign conflict—namely, a certain pointless war in Iran—rarely is in the interest of the American people and is done only to advance the interests of fascists. At this specific time in history, if you willfully do the bidding of the American government, you either know what you’re doing is wrong, or you’re too stupid to know your ass from a hole in the ground.
Over 20 years later and we’re still meddling in the middle east.
In the wake of 9/11, I can understand how one could adopt and blindly adhere to the government’s working definition of “patriotism”: doing your nation’s dirty work abroad. In 2026, though, I fail to see how this same mindset, in a rational person, couldn’t be intentional cognitive dissonance. It’s clear that foreign conflict—namely, a certain pointless war in Iran—rarely is in the interest of the American people and is done only to advance the interests of fascists. At this specific time in history, if you willfully do the bidding of the American government, you either know what you’re doing is wrong, or you’re too stupid to know your ass from a hole in the ground.
