American Propaganda and the Myths of Freedom, Equality, Democracy, and Liberty!

America is a country of shame, that glorifies itself as the hero, while actually a real constant part of the world’s problems; capitalism, bigotry, war, and nationalism.

Capitalism does not reduce poverty it simply moves it to different countries or communities and claims victory. Capitalism is an unethical economic system based on profit over people.

We are not the scars that make us or the abuse that enslaved us, we are not the dark narrative that may have caused our life of pain. We are who we choose to be now. We are the authors of our lives and we are not the thing abuse made but a shining example of true self-mastery.

America loves war because it is always in faraway countries, so it can enjoy killing but not feel it is in any danger. How would THAT change if it was modern war in the present American streets?

So it is quite obvious that mental health issues, video games, and access to guns are worldwide to some extent or another but mass shooting is largely an American issue! So it seems likely the toxic American culture as a “bigoted, hate, and death institution” could obviously be to blame.

Can we do better?

Reparations for Slavery, American Terrorism?

Reparations for Jim Crow, American Terrorism?

Reparations for Red Lining, American Terrorism?

Reparations for Lynchings, American Terrorism?

Reparations for Unarmed Shootings, American Terrorism?

Yes, I believe we should!

A Study Finds 4,000 Lynchings in Jim Crow South, Will U.S. Address Legacy of Racial Terrorism?

Such vile American-Terrorism, So horrific, that I totally support reparations.

Who should win? The Truth or one of Our EGO’s?

Just think of the wealth plundered from Africa by the evil colonialism of humanity’s dark past. These same “piece of shit” countries, now there are some of their citizens who look down or feel no need to help people, their country plunder like madmen, and murder like evil fiends.

To me, the clear fundamental issue in anarchism is “self-sovereignty/responsibility freedom,” so when I hear it limited to anti-statism, I don’t see this as grasping anarchism as it is about values not lack of group unity or rules but freedom from rulers.

I do anarchist teaching of prehistory, in that I don’t just make a blog, expecting people to come to me. No, I take all my knowledge and like a gorilla soldier, I force-feed to the world my knowledge, one piece at a time, that is just what is needed. So, I heed that call and teach in public…

I wish people fought as hard for the actual values as they fight for the group/clan names political or otherwise they think support values. Every amount spent on war is theft to children in need of food or the homeless kept from shelter. In very dark times, Solidarity always. I am a socialist anarchist and I welcome all good humans.

In times of struggle or strife we humans can be most out of shape mentally so be patient as you can with others as we all are going through hell right now and desperately need each other. I just strive to live in the wonder of the moment. I value each experience as much as possible. I welcome life. I hope to live a life of value.

I am an anti-nationalist and anti-capitalist to my core. I stand in solidarity with humanity, not borders or nations, rather it is the humans from every single plot of dirt they happen to currently live on. We are all one. Don’t let imaginary borders tell you who to love or hate.

We need to value the humanity expressed or exchanged in and by people, not the job title, claim of education level, or political power, nor how cool you might be. We rise by helping each other. Is a fellow human being harmed? Then, hell yes, to me it is personal. A person of honor is not the same as a person who is never mad.

Imagine a world with enough excess to support all humanity yet we choose to change for everything even that found for free in or on the land. And a sociopath society more move to want killing in war spending almost like an addicted mind bent on killing itself rather than change.

Capitalism is followed like a religion, in that no matter how much harm it contains or can produce will not matter much to the “sacred profits” placed far above being ethical caretakers of the Earth or ethical profit distribution. As always the privileges of the powerful always come at the expense of the most valuable/vulnerable.

So often your apathy at the injustices of others is just you with your vile rotten humanity, flaunting your support for not carrying up until and if it could/would happen to you, just like an evil selfish mind would… Capitalism is unethical. Capitalist im-moral wage theft is always sold as a-moral “Sacred” Profits.

A few important anarchist themes to me: No one owns the Earth, so it must be shared ethically. Everyone owns themselves and is due human rights attached to such self-sovereignty. And that we rise by helping each other and thus should strive to unite in solidarity and community.

What is the price of a tear, what is the cost of a smile; can one see clear when others pay the price of their fear? If we don’t stop the suffering and harm, will the cost be more than we can take to our humanity? I feel disappointed and somewhat disturbed by the passion for war too many people seem to express.

Like war is fun video games not killing real life. I welcome peace and want all war to end. I am also sad at all harm and wish reason, not war wins. How are so many happy at war? Supporting the struggle of defense is not the same as Supporting WAR. Violence is acceptable for self-defense and other-defense and I strive for non-aggression as a way of life. I hate all acts of violence, even if for defense, as loss of life is just that, the harm I wish ended…

I often say too much, I like that about me.

So many Americans hear the ugly truth about America and instead of hating the harm done and ensuring change they get mad at anyone bringing America’s shame up and can’t wait to make excuses for it all…

Constitution a white supremacist document, claimed freedom of all but enslaved millions and enforced the capitalism wage slavery of all the others not rich in this stolen land of broken treaties.

America began as a great lie, built on selfishness and bigotry, not true freedom or equality and it’s a lie to say otherwise. So many laws by governments are to oppress self-sovereignty and create a dependent population scared to be itself.

America is a country of shame, that glorifies itself as the hero, white actually a real constant part of the world’s problems; capitalism, bigotry, war, and nationalism.

Under capitalism, I learned not to care about others suffering other than to say at least it’s not me. But true humanity, not capitalism would say no one should suffer, we should do all we can do to change all the things harmful to humanity because real lives hang in the balance.

We live in a sad society where the first thought of a hero is someone with a gun that killed for a government. What other heroes do you think of??? We rise by helping each other. Kind people are some of my favorite heroes. Don’t let anger become an unethical behavior.

Sadly people are quite easy to influence and manipulate. We are emotional beings with the ability to reason not reason beings that sometimes use emotions.

Your embracing and supporting “white privilege” makes me sick!!!

Hell YES, America is a Racist Country!!!

For the love of Hillbillies and Teachers?

Less Imperialism Worship in Prehistory/History, PLEASE

7,000 years of Class Conflict, Class War Struggle Ain’t Nothing New!

Between 7,000-5,000 Years ago, rise of unequal hierarchy elite, leading to a “birth of the

State” or worship of power, strong new sexism, oppression of non-elites, and the fall of Women’s equal status

SCOTUS and Roe v Wade: “Christian Nationalism”, “Blue Laws”, and “Christofascism”

A Hierarchy (Greek: hierarkhia, ‘rule of a high priest’, from hierarkhes, ‘president of sacred rites’)

Self-Sovereignty, Self-Efficiency, Self-Mastery, and Solidarity: Relationship Anarchism & Anarchist Naturalism

Capitalism is an unethical economic system based on profit over people.

No one owns the Earth, so it must be shared ethically.

Navigating Dignity: of significance in Well-being, Motivation, Morality, Ethics, Rights, Law, and Politics

Radical Inequality and American Oligarchs: “Selfish Greed” sold as “Helpful Job Creators”

Anarchist Teaching as Free Public Education or Free Education in the Public

Self-Sovereignty, Self-Efficiency, Self-Mastery, and Solidarity: Relationship Anarchism & Anarchist Naturalism

All of our ancestors we once only animists, anarchists, and socialists then some asshole wanted power, thus it has all gone down from there. “Are you a good person” and how would others know without you telling them, “I am a good person” because words need justification… Be more mentally dangerous to hate, thus freely love and support kindness.

Don’t strive to make others wither under your gaze. No, BE a humanity hero, an inspiration of positive change all can become empowered by and become their best, even if only at one kind or thoughtful action at a time.

Train your brain to think ethically. We are responsible for the future, we are the future, living in the present, soon to be passed, so we must act with passion because life is over just like that. I am just another fellow dignity being. May I be a good human.

May I use all of whatever “Will” I have to be the best me I can be, may I be a good human. To me, we are responsible to do what is of value. not ego, not pride, not self-dealing, but genuinely embody a heart of kindness, one that breathes deep a care for humanity.

People of Statism-worship persuasion, love saying, things are so bad and we need to lower the struggle, I think what the delusion are you talking about, it has always been class war, crazy fucker, you know, for about 7,000 years ago of oppressions forced on us at the end.

One of my main goals as a rationalist is to inspire deep thinking and not simply to champion doubt.

May we all be intellectually honest enough, to be thought of as actual, TRUTH seekers.

I am an anti-capitalist before anything political, I would feel no different if nothing called socialism existed, I would still be a hardcore anti-capitalist! Children starve as billionaires play spaceman and buck rogers as if selfish toddlers. Shame on you! To me, I don’t get how people don’t laugh at themselves when they say, “Capitalism is the best we can hope for” then we will kill the planet making it inhospitable for life as a driving goal, it seems then.

I fight for socialism in general, I will let others fight among themselves as to what best exemplifies this concept. I am a learner and a teacher; I am done being a fighter. May the truth set you thinking…

Who gives a fuck?

Small abused hand rising to become a fist, I grab the microphone. Well, me of course. I am brave enough to be kind. As all people of high honor do. How about you?

You dare, ask me why I care? FUCK, someone goddamn, had to… Once, I was so foolish, value blind, I added harm, and now, how different I see things, with a value consciousness. I am among the treetops they can’t touch me now for I fly free. I love you all but I am just me.

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I may never know just how beautiful you are, until you are kind.

In the end, all we have is each other and life is just too damn short to not be kind. It is not my moment of the greatest selfishness that holds good memories in my heart. No, it is my moment of the greatest selflessness that holds good memories in my heart. I have never looked for fame, I did It all as activism.

It is not a matter of being the only flame but to inspire us all to unify as one, to bring light to all we can. Be an honest thinker who values only reason and evidence as your main helpful guides. Follow an “ethics of belief” and don’t “believe what you like” rather what is justified soundly, thus let “Reason” be your master, and may you master “Reason.”

Anger has been easier than care but it is my care I hold as value and it is this care, not some anger, I wish to inspire. In fact, I wish for us all to truly slow down and think, to add the needed care. Yea, we should do the needful, the worthy, and what is true. Reason rules.

I Am a Atheist-Humanist Anarchist

“Hierarchy to me means oppression and brutality.”

States may often have powers, but only citizens have the glue of morality we call rights. And, as they say, in my “dream society”, lots of things are free (aka. planting free food everywhere, free to everyone); but I wonder what you mean when people say you can’t just let things be free, I think, yeah, how can I take free stuff from a free earth.

Anarcho-Humanism, to me, is atheistic humanism with an unconditional social awareness:

Anarcho (anarchism): “No Gods – No Masters”

Humanism: “No Harm – Do Good”

HUMANISM: the philosophic thinking that humans can solve human problems by human means, without feeling a need to appeal to the likes of holy books, mystical anything, nor the belief in gods or religions. But, instead, aspires to a true belief in humanity, viewing it with a persuasion of equality. This caring realist thinking found in humanism utilizes an unstated assumption or aspiration, to do no harm as much as possible and to do good whenever one can.

Here is My “Anarcho-Humanist” Non-Aggression-Axiom

My anarcho-humanist non-aggression-axiom is centered on the acknowledgment, respect, and support for every human’s self-ownership. This honor of self-ownership of my fellow humans includes an ever-present respect for other people who are fellow “dignity beings” who also have self-ownership rights just like me and are equal in human worth. My anarcho-humanist non-aggression-axiom is a humanistic call for Anti-Violence, Anti-Spanking, Anti-Circumcision, Anti-Bullying, Anti-Violence, Anti-sexual Violence, Anti-child maltreatment, Anti-animal cruelty, Anti-Domestic Violence, and Anti-Verbal Violence (Threats, Character Assassination, Intimidation), Pro-Ethics, Pro-Body Sovereignty, Pro-Empathy, and Equality.

Let the positive change begin with me, for I realize I am responsible for there is no god to save us or protect us. For those who think attacking religion is some kind of Character Assassination because it’s people that are religious. You are confused because character assassination is attacking people with abusive name-calling not confronting religious dishonesty. Character Assassination is not being justifiably mentally aggressive as in one challenging, holy figures, gods, religions, myths, superstitions, beliefs, or deluded or misinformed ideas.

Character Assassination is not meaning strong stances, an aggressive challenge in rational arguments, or pitilessly exposing injustice, harm or oppression. It is our passion and an honored chosen duty to promote Non-Aggression and speak the truth of atheism and ethical behavior so people don’t stay misinformed abused or oppressed. I value anti-violence (I am not a pacifist at all, I am actually a fighter by nature) unless the aggression or violence is for direct self-defense or other-defense.

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I do not hate simply because I challenge and expose myths or lies any more than others being thought of as loving simply because of the protection and hiding from challenge their favored myths or lies.

I fall from the treetops like a summer rain of new things that invigorates the mind to thought as if reaching out for a phantom to see what is really true. We light a candle in our mind when we let reason be our master because reason requires its user to change to what is reasoned over what may be preferred.

I am a reason-driven “I dare you, to think” kind of philosopher. Simple but when the philosophy thinking is so inarticulate, or such monumental architecture of mental gymnastics erected on top of “reason”, that to most people, not in philosophy, it is just like bla, bla, bla. Lol

Liberal is not the same as a Democrat. A Democrat can be conservative, neoliberal, liberal, progressive, etc. Liberal: “willing to respect or accept behavior or opinions different from one’s own; open to new ideas”, I am an anarchist-socialist with liberal thinking.

I am a far-leftist, I am not pro-patriotism, nor anti-patriotism if limited to that which is actually positive, but am actively against pro-patriotism if harmful, just as I am against pro-nationalism. And I hold this universally whether one claims the left or the right.

I am similar to a self/alone leftist, my ideas are almost exclusively my own or that I relate with. I am not in or connected to any group or person other than @Skepticallefty, who is a friend, and a fellow leftist educator, teaching, like me, in public.

No, I am not ok with the hell of this capitalist “profits” driven world, that pushes our fellow humans to live, the harsh life, of the cold street!

I am no fan of politicians in general as an anarchist. But politicians are not equal at all, nor are the different parties similar on things. So it matters when humanity is on the line. One is ok with slowing our demise, while others are trying hard to burn the earth alive.

We all make a difference! Often we wait for others to be friendly, to be kind, to make a difference, or to be a leader. When we have such power all along, may I be friendly, Kind, make a difference, and be a leader of such active humanism, promoting human good…

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I like learning prehistory!

I also hate: “Pseudo-science, Pseudo-history, and Pseudo-morality.”

So yeah, history is fun, but one must weed through the sometimes added mythology, half-truths, or outright lies. This is even more important when reading religion-related information.

The greatest lie ever, was the fraud of democracy, from its conceptions in Greece, claiming the freedom to vote, all the while upholding the institution of slavery. We today are sold the lie of capitalism, and the elite that play in space, while children starve in the streets…

The sad history of democracy is one of continued bigotry of elites and slaves, but now with a happy face or less unhappy faces, I should say, for more accuracy, as some non-slaves were a little more equal in a limited kind of way and/or scope.

If Americanism has taught us anything, it is that this “land” (people claiming colonialism as a birthright) loves bigotry, hate, lying, violence, denial, and unscientific explanations to just about any damn thing that can’t get away fast enough.

What if truth, mattered? Would we be more open-minded, or did you think you were already good, no improvement needed as most do, or do you let “new knowledge” alluded to, get in? Do you care? If so, what have you done to help change the world? When was the last time you realized you were wrong, then changed?

I often struggle for a better world but it is hard when hate is more motivating than love… Shamefully, the world thrives on bigotry and it needs to stop, no matter what style of society it is wrong.

What is My Definition of a Terrorist?

To me a terrorist is one who is involved in violent acts, acts dangerous to human life or that violate the safety and dignity of people that are not done in direct self-defense or other-defense; with the appeared intent to intimidate or coerce a civilian population or to intimidate or coerce the larger society to influence ideologies by means of mass destruction, kidnapping, torture, murder, assassination, etc.

Here is a definition of a terrorism: Definitions of Terrorism in the U.S. Code

18 U.S.C. § 2331 defines “international terrorism” and “domestic terrorism” for purposes of Chapter 113B of the Code, entitled “Terrorism”:

“International terrorism” means activities with the following three characteristics:

Involve violent acts or acts dangerous to human life that violates federal or state law; appear to be intended (i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or (iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping; and Occur primarily outside the territorial jurisdiction of the U.S., or transcend national boundaries in terms of the means by which they are accomplished, the persons they appear intended to intimidate or coerce, or the locale in which their perpetrators operate or seek asylum.*

“Domestic terrorism” means activities with the following three characteristics:

Involve acts dangerous to human life that violate federal or state law; appear intended (i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or (iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination. or kidnapping; and Occur primarily within the territorial jurisdiction of the U.S. 18 U.S.C. § 2332b defines the term “federal crime of terrorism” as an offense that:

Is calculated to influence or affect the conduct of a government by intimidation or coercion, or to retaliate against government conduct; and is a violation of one of several listed statutes, including § 930(c) (relating to killing or attempted killing during an attack on a federal facility with a dangerous weapon); and § 1114 (relating to killing or attempted killing of officers and employees of the U.S.).

* FISA defines “international terrorism” in a nearly identical way, replacing “primarily” outside the U.S. with “totally” outside the U.S. 50 U.S.C. § 1801(c). Ref

List of wars involving the United States

This is a list of wars and rebellions involving the United States of America. Currently, there are 102 wars on this list, at least 3 of which are ongoing.

18th-century wars

American Revolutionary War (1775–1783)

Cherokee–American wars (1776–1795) Part of the American Indian Wars

Northwest Indian War (1785–1793) Part of the American Indian Wars

Quasi-War (1798–1800) Location: Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean, and the Mediterranean

19th-century wars

First Barbary War (1801–1805) Part of the Barbary Wars Location: Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Tripoli

Tecumseh’s War (1810–1813) Part of the American Indian Wars and the War of 1812

War of 1812 (1812–1815) Location: Eastern and Central North America

Creek War (1813–1814) Part of the American Indian Wars and the War of 1812 Location: Southern United States

Second Barbary War (1815) Part of the Barbary Wars Location: Mediterranean Sea and the Barbary States

First Seminole War (1817–1818) Part of the Seminole Wars and the American Indian Wars Location: Pensacola, Spanish Florida

Arikara War (1823) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Missouri River

Winnebago War (1827) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Illinois and Michigan Territory

Black Hawk War (1832) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Illinois and Michigan Territory

Texas Revolution (1835–1836) Location: Texas involving the Fall of the Alamo

Second Seminole War (1835–1842) Part of the Seminole Wars and the American Indian Wars Location: Florida

Aroostook War (1838–1839) Location: Maine–New Brunswick border

Mexican–American War (1846–1848) Location: Texas, New Mexico, California, and Mexico

Cayuse War (1847–1855) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Oregon

Apache Wars (1849–1924) Part of the Texas–Indian wars and the American Indian Wars Location: Southwestern United States

Bleeding Kansas (1854–1861) Location: Kansas and Missouri

Puget Sound War (1855–1856) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Washington

Rogue River Wars (1855–1856) Location: Rogue Valley The Tututni tribe is a historic Native American tribe, one of Lower Rogue River Athabascan tribes from southwestern Oregon

Third Seminole War (1855–1858) Part of the Seminole Wars and the American Indian Wars Location: Pensacola, Florida

Yakima War (1855–1858) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Washington Territory

Second Opium War (1856–1859) Part of the Opium Wars Location: China

Utah War (1857–1858) Part of the Mormon wars Location: Utah Territory and Wyoming

Navajo Wars (1858–1866) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: New Mexico

Pig War (1859) Location: San Juan Islands

John Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry (1859) Part of pre-Civil War conflicts Location: West Virginia

First and Second Cortina War (1859–1861) Location: Texas and Mexico

Paiute War (1860) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Pyramid Lake, Nevada

American Civil War (1861–1865)

Yavapai Wars (1861–1875) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Arizona

Dakota War of 1862 (1862) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Minnesota and Dakota

Colorado War (1863–1865) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Colorado, Wyoming, and Nebraska

Snake War (1864–1868) Part of the American Indian Wars Locations: Oregon, Nevada, California, and Idaho

Powder River War (1865) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Powder River State

Red Cloud’s War (1866–1868) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Powder River State

Comanche Campaign (1867–1875) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Western United States

United States expedition to Korea (1871) Location: Ganghwa Island

Modoc War (1872–1873) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: California and Oregon

Red River War (1874–1875) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Texas

Las Cuevas War (1875) Location: Texas and Mexico

Great Sioux War of 1876 (1876–1877) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Montana, Dakota, and Wyoming

Buffalo Hunters’ War (1876–1877) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Texas and Oklahoma

Nez Perce War (1877) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana

Bannock War (1878) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Idaho, Oregon, and Wyoming

Cheyenne War (1878–1879) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Montana

Sheepeater Indian War (1879) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Idaho

Victorio’s War (1879–1880) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Mexico

White River War (1879) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Colorado

Crow War (1887) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Montana

Pine Ridge Campaign (1890–1891) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: South Dakota

Garza War (1891–1893) Location: Texas and Mexico

Yaqui Wars (1896–1918) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Arizona and Mexico

Second Samoan Civil War (1898–1899) Location: Samoa

Spanish–American War (1898) Location: Cuba, Puerto Rico, Philippines and Guam

Philippine–American War (1899–1902) Location: Philippines

Moro Rebellion (1899–1913) Location: Philippines

Boxer Rebellion (1899–1901) Location: China

20th-century wars

Crazy Snake’s War (1909) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Oklahoma

Mexican Border War (1910–1919) Part of the Mexican Revolution Location: Mexico–United States border

Little Race War (1912) Part of the Banana Wars Location: Cuba

United States occupation of Nicaragua (1912–1933) Part of the Banana Wars Location: Nicaragua

Bluff War (1914–1915) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Utah and Colorado

United States occupation of Veracruz (1914) Part of the Mexican Revolution Location: Mexico

United States occupation of Haiti (1915–1934) Part of the Banana Wars Location: Haiti

United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916–1924) Part of the Banana Wars Location: Dominican Republic

World War I (1917–1918)

Russian Civil War (1918–1920) Location: Russia, Mongolia, and Iran

Posey War (1923) Part of the American Indian Wars Location: Utah

World War II (1941–1945)

Korean War (1950–1953) Part of the Cold War

Vietnam War (1955–1964, 1965–1973, 1974–1975) Part of the Cold War and Indochina Wars

Laotian Civil War (1959–1975) Part of the Indochina Wars and Cold War

Lebanon crisis (1958)

Bay of Pigs Invasion (1961) Part of the Cold War Location: Cuba

Dominican Civil War (1965–1966) Location: Dominican Republic

Korean DMZ Conflict (1966–1969) Part of the Korean conflict and the Cold Warlict and the Cold War

Cambodian Civil War (1967–1975) Part of the Cold War

Multinational intervention in Lebanon (1982–1984)

United States invasion of Grenada (1983) Part of the Cold War

Bombing of Libya (1986)

Tanker War (1987–1988) Location: Persian Gulf

United States invasion of Panama (1989–1990)

Gulf War (1990–1991) Location: Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Israel

Iraqi No-Fly Zone Enforcement Operations (1991–2003)

First U.S. Intervention in the Somali Civil War (1992–1995) Part of the Somali civil war (1991–present)

Bosnian War and Croatian War (1992–1995) Part of the Yugoslav Wars Location: Bosnia, Herzegovina, and Croatia

Intervention in Haiti (1994–1995)

Kosovo War (1998–1999) Part of the Yugoslav Wars Location: Serbia

21st-century wars

War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Part of the War on terror and the Afghanistan conflict

American intervention in Yemen (2002–present) Part of the War on terror, the Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen, the Yemeni Civil War, and the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen

Iraq War (2003–2011) Part of the War on terror

American intervention in the War in North-West Pakistan (2004–2018) Part of the War on Terror and the War in North-West Pakistan

Second U.S. Intervention in the Somali Civil War (2007–present) Part of the Somali Civil War, the Somali Civil War, and the War on Terror Location: Somalia and Northeastern Kenya

Operation Ocean Shield (2009–2016) Part of the War on Terror Location: Indian Ocean

International intervention in Libya (2011) Part of the Libyan Crisis and the First Libyan Civil War

Operation Observant Compass (2011–2017) Part of the War on Terror and the Lord’s Resistance Army insurgency Location: Uganda

American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–2021) Part of the Operation Inherent Resolve, the War in Iraq (2013–2017), the Spillover of the Syrian civil war, the War on Terror, and the International ISIS campaign

American-led intervention in Syria (2014–present) Part of the Operation Inherent Resolve, the Syrian civil war, the War on Terror, and the International ISIS campaign

American intervention in Libya (2015–2019) Part of the Operation Inherent Resolve, the Second Libyan Civil War, the War on Terror, and the International ISIS Campaign

United States involvement in regime change?

“Since the 19th century, the United States government has participated and interfered, both overtly and covertly, in the replacement of several foreign governments. In the latter half of the 19th century, the U.S. government initiated actions for regime change mainly in Latin America and the southwest Pacific, including the Spanish–American and Philippine–American wars. At the onset of the 20th century, the United States shaped or installed governments in many countries around the world, including neighbors Panama, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic.” ref

“During World War II, the United States helped overthrow many Nazi German or Imperial Japanese puppet regimes. Examples include regimes in the Philippines, Korea, the Eastern portion of China, and much of Europe. United States forces were also instrumental in ending the rule of Adolf Hitler over Germany and of Benito Mussolini over Italy.” ref

“In the aftermath of World War II, the U.S. government struggled with the Soviet Union for global leadership, influence, and security within the context of the Cold War. Under the Eisenhower administration, the U.S. government feared that national security would be compromised by governments propped by the Soviet Union’s own involvement in regime change and promoted the domino theory, with later presidents following Eisenhower’s precedent. Subsequently, the United States expanded the geographic scope of its actions beyond traditional area of operations, Central America and the Caribbean. Significant operations included the United States and United Kingdom-orchestrated 1953 Iranian coup d’état, the 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion targeting Cuba, and support for the overthrow of Sukarno by General Suharto in Indonesia.” ref

“In addition, the U.S. has interfered in the national elections of countries, including Italy in 1948, the Philippines in 1953, and Japan in the 1950s and 1960s as well as Lebanon in 1957. According to one study, the U.S. performed at least 81 overt and covert known interventions in foreign elections during the period 1946–2000. Another study found that the U.S. engaged in 64 covert and six overt attempts at regime change during the Cold War.” ref

“Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the United States has led or supported wars to determine the governance of a number of countries. The stated U.S. aims in these conflicts have included fighting the War on Terror, as in the Afghan War, or removing weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), as in the Iraq War.” ref

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We light a candle in our mind when we let reason be our master because reason requires its user to change to what is reasoned over what may be preferred.

“My country” is a fantasy invented by wars.

We are taught “national tribalism”: only these people are of my people (decided by the victors of war) and others are not my people. Think, how could that ever lead to racism?

Christian Terrorists of America?

Defense is a reasonable justification for violence but violence not for defense is hardly ever reasonable. Your thinking about “eradicated people for what they believe in” is similar to the radicalized thinking of the terrorists you despise. Such errors in thinking are nothing new as the idea of “eradicating people for what they believe in” is by and large a constantly recurring theme of religions. And this has been a favorite excuse for harming others religious thinkers run to. I think religions in general as all lies should be eradicated not people. I am against terrorists in general and the belief in or support for terrorism should be eradicated not people.

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Secular education with real histories, sciences, and critical as well as analytical thinking is needed to amend the problem, not just more violence. Speaking of real histories “eradicated people for what they believe in” is similar to why millions of Native Peoples of the Americas were slaughtered. But some think even though sad at the harm experienced by American Indians still the colonization of the Americas (and the ensuing slaughter of natives) was NOT religion-based (it was a purely economic endeavor). To such thinking, I disagree.

From the beginning, the Spanish, English, Dutch, and French all viewed Native Peoples of the Americas as Uneducated Pagans and all professed their desire to teach Native Americans the gospel of Jesus Christ. Indeed, spreading Christianity to the benighted peoples of the New World was a prime rationale for European colonization. However, propagating the faith always took place within a broader cultural context peculiar to the nationality of the colonists involved.

Both the Spanish and the English thought in terms of transforming the Indians’ way of life, but only the Spanish pursued that goal rigorously and made it the foundation upon which much of Spanish American culture was based. Of course, it was arguably much more the result of European and Indian sexual intermingling than the monumental educational efforts jointly undertaken by the Catholic Church and the Spanish Crown. Moreover, in the borderlands of Florida, Texas, and New Mexico, Spanish success at acculturating the Indians was limited at best.

The British too aimed at civilizing as well as Christianizing the Indians, but compared to the Spanish, whose mighty missionary efforts were driven by the powerful Catholic Church, the British commitment to propagating their faith and culture among Native Americans was desultory. Also bringing together the resources of their Catholic Church and Crown, the French missionary adventure in North America was extensively pursued through the Saint Lawrence River valley, the Illinois country, and down the Mississippi River valley to Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico.

Less intrusive and generally more accommodating than Spanish clerics, French priests nevertheless garnered thousands of converts and played a crucial role in forging a Franco-Indian alliance that dominated much of North America. The European missions to the Indians aside, the most fascinating educational story regarding the Indians concerned their adjustments to the European invasion of America that began with Columbus’s arrival in 1492. Ref

Even in the initial stages of contact between European Christians and Native Indian peoples, the stage was set for ethnocentrism, and the Attitude towards the Indians was that of Christian superiority. The Indians were read a proclamation in Spanish that they had no hope of understanding, they had no hope of understanding the death sentence they were being read, and it went something like this:

“We ask and require you to acknowledge the church as the Ruler and Superior of the whole world and the high priest called pope and in his Name the king of Spain as lords of this land. If you submit we shall Receive you in all love and charity and shall leave you, your wives and Children, and your lands free without servitude, but if you do not submit

We shall powerfully enter into your country and shall make war against You, we shall take you and your wives and your children and shall make Slaves of them and we shall take away your goods and shall do you all The harm and damage we can.” This proclamation was used standard until around 1860! Ref

Moreover, an article in 1839 not using the term “manifest destiny”, did predict a “divine destiny” for the United States and an article in 1845 issued an unmistakable call for American expansionism. Focusing mainly on bringing the Republic of Texas into the union, it declared that expansion represented “the fulfillment of our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions.” Thus a powerful American slogan was born. “Manifest Destiny” became first and foremost a call and justification for an American form of imperialism, and neatly summarized the goals of the Mexican War. It claimed that America had a destiny, manifest, i.e., self-evident, from God to occupy the North American continent south of Canada (it also claimed the right to the Oregon territory including the Canadian portion). “Manifest Destiny” was also clearly a racial doctrine of white supremacy that granted no native American or nonwhite claims to any permanent possession of the lands on the North American continent and justified white American expropriation of Indian lands. (“Manifest Destiny” was also a key slogan deployed in the United States’ imperial ventures in the 1890s and early years of the twentieth century that led to U.S. possession or control of Hawaii and the Philippine Islands.) But Manifest Destiny was not simply a cloak for American imperialism and a justification for America’s territorial ambitions. It also was firmly anchored in a long-standing and deep sense of a special and unique American Destiny, the belief that in the words of historian Conrad Cherry, “America is a nation called to a special destiny by God.” Ref

Art by Damien Marie AtHope

I fully enjoy the value (axiology) of archaeology (empirical evidence from facts or artifacts at a site) is knowledge (epistemology) of the past, adding to our anthropology (evidence from cultures both the present and past) intellectual (rational) assumptions of the likely reality of actual events from time past.

Nothing is a justified true belief without valid or reliable reason and evidence; just as everything believed must be open to question, leaving nothing above challenge.

Why Does Power Bring Responsibility?

Think, how often is it the powerless that start wars, oppress others, or commit genocide? So, I guess the question is to us all, to ask, how can power not carry responsibility in a humanity concept? I know I see the deep ethical responsibility that if there is power their must be a humanistic responsibility of ethical and empathic stewardship of that power. Will I be brave enough to be kind? Will I possess enough courage to be compassionate? Will my valor reached its height of empathy? I as everyone earns our justified respect by our actions, that are good, ethical, just, protecting, and kind. Do I have enough self-respect to put my love for humanity’s flushing, over being brought down by some of its bad actors? May we all be the ones doing good actions in the world, to help human flourishing.

I create the world I want to live in, striving for flourishing. Which is not a place but a positive potential involvement and promotion; a life of humanist goal precision. To master oneself, also means mastering positive prosocial behaviors needed for human flourishing. I may have lost a god myth as an atheist but I am happy to tell you my friend, it is exactly because of that, leaving the mental terrorizer, god belief that I truly regained my connected ethical as well as kind humanity.

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I strive to be a good human ethical in both my thinking and behaviors thus I strive to be:

Anti-racist, Anti-sexist, Anti-homophobic, Anti-biphobic. Anti-transphobic, Anti-classist, Anti-ablest, Anti-ageist, and as Always ???? Antifascist ????

In fact, I want to strive to avoid as much as I can bigoted thinking towards others based on their perceived membership or classification based on that person’s perceived political affiliation (Well: within reason, justice, and ethics), sex/gender, beliefs (Well: within reason, justice, and ethics), social class (Well: within reason, justice, and ethics), age, disability, religion (Well: within reason, justice, and ethics), sexuality (Well: within reason, justice, and ethics), race, ethnicity, language (Well: within reason, justice, and ethics), nationality, beauty, height, occupation (Well: within reason, justice, and ethics), wealth (Well: within reason, justice, and ethics), education, sport-team affiliation, music tastes or other personal characteristics (Well: within reason, justice, and ethics).

Although, I am a “very”, yes, VERY strong atheist, antitheist as well as antireligionist, My humanity is just as strong and I value it above my disbeliefs. My kind of people are those who champion humanity, the ones who value kindness, love justice, and support universal empowerment for all humans; we are all equal in dignity, and all deserve human rights, due self-sovereignty.

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While hallucinogens are associated with shamanism, it is alcohol that is associated with paganism.

The Atheist-Humanist-Leftist Revolutionaries Shows in the prehistory series:

Show one: Prehistory: related to “Anarchism and Socialism” the division of labor, power, rights, and recourses.

Show two: Pre-animism 300,000 years old and animism 100,000 years old: related to “Anarchism and Socialism”

Show tree: Totemism 50,000 years old: related to “Anarchism and Socialism”

Show four: Shamanism 30,000 years old: related to “Anarchism and Socialism”

Show five: Paganism 12,000 years old: related to “Anarchism and Socialism”

Show six: Emergence of hierarchy, sexism, slavery, and the new male god dominance: Paganism 7,000-5,000 years old: related to “Anarchism and Socialism” (Capitalism) (World War 0) Elite and their slaves!

Show seven: Paganism 5,000 years old: progressed organized religion and the state: related to “Anarchism and Socialism” (Kings and the Rise of the State)

Show eight: Paganism 4,000 years old: Moralistic gods after the rise of Statism and often support Statism/Kings: related to “Anarchism and Socialism” (First Moralistic gods, then the Origin time of Monotheism)

Prehistory: related to “Anarchism and Socialism” the division of labor, power, rights, and recourses: VIDEO

Pre-animism 300,000 years old and animism 100,000 years old: related to “Anarchism and Socialism”: VIDEO

Totemism 50,000 years old: related to “Anarchism and Socialism”: VIDEO

Shamanism 30,000 years old: related to “Anarchism and Socialism”: VIDEO

Paganism 12,000 years old: related to “Anarchism and Socialism” (Pre-Capitalism): VIDEO

Paganism 7,000-5,000 years old: related to “Anarchism and Socialism” (Capitalism) (World War 0) Elite and their slaves: VIEDO

Paganism 5,000 years old: progressed organized religion and the state: related to “Anarchism and Socialism” (Kings and the Rise of the State): VIEDO

Paganism 4,000 years old: related to “Anarchism and Socialism” (First Moralistic gods, then the Origin time of Monotheism): VIEDO

The truth is best championed in the sunlight of challenge.

An archaeologist once said to me “Damien religion and culture are very different”

My response, So are you saying that was always that way, such as would you say Native Americans’ cultures are separate from their religions? And do you think it always was the way you believe?

I had said that religion was a cultural product. That is still how I see it and there are other archaeologists that think close to me as well. Gods too are the myths of cultures that did not understand science or the world around them, seeing magic/supernatural everywhere.

I personally think there is a goddess and not enough evidence to support a male god at Çatalhöyük but if there was both a male and female god and goddess then I know the kind of gods they were like Proto-Indo-European mythology.

Art by Damien Marie AtHope

The “Atheist-Humanist-Leftist Revolutionaries”

Cory Johnston ☭ Ⓐ Atheist Leftist @Skepticallefty & I (Damien Marie AtHope) @AthopeMarie (my YouTube & related blog) are working jointly in atheist, antitheist, antireligionist, antifascist, anarchist, socialist, and humanist endeavors in our videos together, generally, every other Saturday.

Why Does Power Bring Responsibility?

Cory and I will talk about prehistory and theism, addressing the relevance to atheism, anarchism, and socialism.

At the same time of the rise of the male god 7,000 years ago was also the very time there was the rise of violence war, and clans to kingdoms, then empires, then states. It is all connected back to 7,000 years ago and it mover across the world.

Cory Johnston: https://damienmarieathope.com/2021/04/cory-johnston-mind-of-a-skeptical-leftist/?v=32aec8db952d

The Mind of a Skeptical Leftist (YouTube)

Cory Johnston: Mind of a Skeptical Leftist @Skepticalcory

The Mind of a Skeptical Leftist By Cory Johnston: “Promoting critical thinking, social justice, and left-wing politics by covering current events and talking to a variety of people. Cory Johnston has been thoughtfully talking to people and attempting to promote critical thinking, social justice, and left-wing politics.”

Cory Johnston ☭ Ⓐ @Skepticallefty Evidence-based atheist leftist (he/him) Producer, host, and co-host of 4 podcasts @skeptarchy @skpoliticspod and @AthopeMarie

http://anchor.fm/skepticalleft

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Damien Marie AtHope (“At Hope”) Axiological Atheist, Anti-theist, Anti-religionist, Secular Humanist. Rationalist, Writer, Artist, Poet, Philosopher, Advocate, Activist, Psychology, and Armchair Archaeology/Anthropology/Historian.

Damien is interested in: Freedom, Liberty, Justice, Equality, Ethics, Humanism, Science, Atheism, Antiteism, Antireligionism, Ignosticism, Left-Libertarianism, Anarchism, Socialism, Mutualism, Axiology, Metaphysics, LGBTQI, Philosophy, Advocacy, Activism, Mental Health, Psychology, Archaeology, Social Work, Sexual Rights, Marriage Rights, Woman’s Rights, Gender Rights, Child Rights, Secular Rights, Race Equality, Ageism/Disability Equality, Etc. And a far-leftist, “Anarcho-Humanist.”