"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
M.I.A. "Born Free"
First published in April of 2010, a "Born Free" is a powerful 9min. video by Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam (MIA) that showcases what can happen when one group is scapegoated (in fact YouTube pulledd the vid in the US). Continuing peddling bad ideas - an "us vs them" perspective, a fixed pie, and a "legitimate" right to a monoply of violence, - can lead to such bad scenarios.
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