Bin Laden speaks - no comments
Perhaps Osama's softening in his old age:
"It has now become clear to you and the entire world the impotence of the democratic system and how it plays with the interest of the peoples and their blood by sacrificing soldiers and populations to achieve the interests of the major corporations".If you substitute X, you've got a pretty standard argument used by dictators and their acolytes throughout the past century, and which can be seen all too regularly from the kind of people who hang out at Comment Is Free (thanks to PooterGeek for this observation). A belief that freedom is a sham, used to perpetuate or disguise the power of shadowy forces, is the perfect start on one's journey to authoritarianism.
"I invite you to embrace [X]," the speaker says.
Labels: authoritarianism, democracy, Osama bin Laden, Terrorism











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