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“I have a fear of nuclear annihilation. I'm a child of the cold war: I didn't live more than 10 miles from a major WarPac nuclear target until the Berlin Wall came down and the CW ended. Knowing you can die horribly at any moment because of decisions made by alien intelligences thousands of miles away who don't even know you exist - there's something Lovecraftian about that, isn't there?”

Knows Children Made War Moments Dies Decision Knowing Wall Cold Majors Down And Nuclear Miles Aliens Target Cold War Berlin Annihilation Miles Away Decisions Made Berlin Wall

Author:Charles Stross

“Lying is a deliberate choice to mislead a target without giving any notification of the intent to do so. There are two major forms of lying: concealment, leaving out true information; and falsification, or presenting false information as if it were true.”

Ifs Giving Two Form Lying Choices Information Majors Leaving Target Deliberate Mislead Presenting Concealment Falsification Notifications

Book:Telling Lies: Clues to Deceit in the Marketplace, Politics, and Marriage (Revised Edition)

Source: Telling Lies: Clues to Deceit in the Marketplace, Politics, and Marriage (Revised Edition)

“It has been known for some time that a major nuclear war might lead to nuclear winter that would destroy the attacker as well as the target. And threats are now mounting, particularly at the Russian border, confirming the prediction of George Kennan and other prominent figures that NATO expansion, particularly the way it was undertaken, would prove to be a "tragic mistake," a "policy error of historic proportions."”

“Africa, being the major target of colonial plunder, therefore becomes a major source of conflict.”

Source Conflict Majors Target Plunder

Author:Gerald Horne

“Haiti, which has been the main target of US intervention throughout the 20th century, is the poorest. And Guatemala, which is maybe the third major target of US intervention, probably ranks third poorest.”

Has Beens Century Majors Thirds Target 20th Century Intervention Poorest Haiti Guatemala

Author:Noam Chomsky

“The Second World War ended with a radicalization of the population in the United States and everywhere else, and called for all kinds of things like popular takeovers, government intervention, and worker takeovers of factories. Business propagated a tremendous propaganda offensive. The scale surprised me when I read the scholarship - it's enormous, and it's been very effective. There were two major targets: one is unions, the other is democracy.”