Conscription was the main political crusade of the progressives, who insisted that the poor bedraggled cannon fodder in flyover country be forced into the service of the war god, but as for they themselves – why, they were needed on the home front to direct the war and make sure the peons stayed in line. Thus, [progressive Walter] Lippmann argued – successfully – that he would best serve the cause by working for the War Department. The chickenhawk is not a new species."God, War, and Progressivism. The historical roots of the War Party." By Justin Raimondo, Antiwar.com, 8/16/18.
(a.k.a. Bastion Of Liberty)
"Keep clear of the dupes that talk democracy,
And the dogs that bark revolution.
Drunk with talk, liars and believers.
I believe in my tusks.
Long live freedom and damn the ideologies!"
(Robinson Jeffers)
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