For Warmongers It's Always 1938: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
Channel: Caitlin Johnstone
Date: 2022-07-29

Hawks always say our geopolitical situation resembles that of 1938 so that any call for de-escalation, diplomacy or detente can be portrayed as "appeasement". It's never 1919, when the conditions which would give rise to World War Two were put in place, or any of the early 20th century years when the trajectory toward World War One could have easily been turned away from.

Reading by Tim Foley.

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