Knowing what happened in the past helps us better respond to the present. Government secretiveness - particularly military secretiveness - is a big step on the way to autocracy, and there’s a direct line from Daniel Ellsberg to Julian Assange.
@chipgibbons.bsky.social @ChipGibbons89
14 Jun 2021
ICYMI. Yesterday, in @jacobin The Pentagon Papers story "is a warning about how a government willing to lie to its people to foment a war of brutal aggression abroad will not hesitate to eviscerate democracy at home." jacobinmag.com/2021/06/danie…

Jun 14, 2021 · 4:47 PM UTC

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I agree ... It's always a slippery slope ... and it ends in the abyss!
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We crossed that line into “autocracy” a long time ago. In this country, it’s called an oligarchy. Check out the Council for Foreign Relations. Einstein told us that this committee should be focusing on the people but instead it plans for the owners. cfr.org/about
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Secrecy: Did u know remdesivir co-inventor, longtime Fauci pal RALPH BARIC taught gain of function to Wuhan batlady? Baric 2010 NIH paper confirmed zinc zaps corona! 4/20 Zelenko HCQ+zinc treatmt was savaged by Fauci to push remdesivir & experivax. Fauci&Baric= liars &Crims.
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NO POTUS is in a position to counter what is in fact a US Military-Industrial Complex controlled muzzling of Julian Assange using bluffs to manipulate legal process keeping Assange Muzzled. They stole his manuscripts and violated lawyer/client confidentiality w/impunity! Obvious!