“I don't incidentally suggest that the deceit is conscious. Much more likely, it's just the enormous power of conformity to convention, to what Gramsci called hegemonic "common sense." Some ideas are not even rejected; they are unthinkable. Like the idea that US aggression is aggression; it can only be "a mistake," "a tragic error," "a strategic blunder." I also don't want to suggest this is "American exceptionalism." It's hard to find an exception to the practice in the history of imperialism.” ImperialismHegemonyComformity Book:The Precipice: Neoliberalism, the Pandemic, and the Urgent Need for Radical Change Source: The Precipice: Neoliberalism, the Pandemic, and the Urgent Need for Radical Change