“We’re a nation that brings our enemies to justice while adhering to the rule of law, and respecting the rights of all our citizens. We protect our own freedom and prosperity by extending it to others. We stand not for empire, but for self-determination... and when our union is strong no hill is too steep, no horizon is beyond our reach... we are bound together by the creed that is written into our founding documents, and a conviction that the United States of America is a country that can achieve whatever it sets out to accomplish.” Barack Obama
I feel so fortunate. I love that term they use all the time. "The rule of law". This is what they learn in their universities. What law? Whose law? Oh, yes, the law that says a money lender has the exclusive right to take your home from you and throw you out on the street. Or the law that protects the right of poor people to do without health care if they can't pay for it. I guess Obama means all the citizens in Pelican Bay too when he's talking about respecting rights.
I haven't read 1984 but don't have to, we live in it.
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