“As an example of group evil MyLai was not an inexplicable ‘accident’ or unpredictable aberration. It occurred in the context of a war, which is itself an evil context. The atrocities were committed by the side that was the aggressor and that, in its aggression, had already fallen into evil. The evil of the small group - Task Force Barker - was clearly a reflection of the evil of the whole American military presence in Vietnam. And our military presence in Vietnam was directed by a deceitful, narcissistic government that had lost its bearings and that was mandated by a nation that had fallen into torpor and arrogance. The entire atmosphere was rotten. The massacre at MyLai was an event waiting to happen” - M. Scott Peck, from the book "The People of the Lie"
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All wars start with lies, and usually anyone joining in a war is lying also. And lies lead to evil. Unfortunately in the USA, the majority of the population is full of lies that came from our lying corporate media. And unfortunately, the majority of the population is too narcissistic and lazy to figure out what the truth of our nation's actions were in the past or the present. And this is why we have killed about 20 million people since the end of World War II and why hardly anyone knows about it and and hardly anyone cares.
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