"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
Unwrapping Western Political Jargon: Who Is A "Conspiracy Theorist" And Who Speaks For The "International Community
Submitted by Serenity on Mon, 2012-06-18 01:00
This phrase is always deployed by the Western press in a U.S.-specific context to imply that U.S. positions on political and geopolitical questions reflect the will of the international community, while the positions of other governments are not based on the will of the international community, but rather their own self-interest.
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