Fundamentally 'liberal democracy' cannot survive going to war with Russia/China, because putting the whole of society on a total war footing, is impossible within the framework of 'liberal democracy' itself. Dissent, oppositon, debate, questioning, criticism, freedom of speech, a free press... none of it survives... total war.
Of course the double-standards and hypocrisy, the censorship, are an integral part of modern industrial scale warfare, because it's so incredibly destructive.
So, we've returned to WW1 style state control and rampant militarism and structural censorship, and propaganda, with a vengeance. Increasingly, the UK, as an example, resembles a one-party state in relation to foreign policy and especially the war in Ukraine. All the parties, or political factions, agree, with hardly a political voice raised in opposition.
Re: ML ALERT: ‘The Dwindling Band Of Iraq Obsessives’ – Endless War And Media Complicity
What the BBC does, increasingly, is create a brazen 'false equivalence' in relation to Iraq. For example 'A Choice of Horrors' and the World Service labeled a series on Iraq. The 'horror' of Saddam, contra the 'horror' of the destructive invasion.
They've also, recently, used the same technique of false equivelence in relation to the conflict, civil war, in Israel/Palestine.
on March 27, 2023, 5:18 pm