NonCredibleDefense

Americans largely did not see WW2 as 'their' war. They were content with sitting on the sideline and profiting off of it immensely until instigated.

Profiting off of WW2 is what allowed for US ascension to its position today. Its part of why profiting off of a military industrial complex is so deeply entrenched into its cultural ethos. Selling weapons and promoting conflict is how the US got to where it is, so why would it stop now?

You know: when I was a much younger man, I heard of the concept of the 5th column. For those who don't know, the 5th column is a clandestine group of people, financed by a particular country's adversary, who is dedicated to destroying that country from the inside. Think the human version of the Trojan Horse.

I'd always pictured this to be a relatively small movement, like a terror cell. A very insular group operating on foreign financing who leveraged an advanced guerilla war skillset to undermine the security apparatus of the country. To my embarrassment, I only realized recently (maybe 5 years ago) that that is not always the case. In America's case, for example, the 5th column comprises some 70+ million people who are fed on a diet of Russian propaganda and home-grown racist rhetoric. Most of these people have no skillset to speak of, but all of them are willing participants in the utter destruction of a country based on the rule of law and constitutional government.

It seems very odd to me that 1 out of every 5 Americans is a full-on traitor. But, we do live in odd times. 20% of our country seems giddy to return to a monarchy, complete with the whole Louis XIV Sun King "Appointed By God" thing. And what's strangest of all is that the guy they picked to be their holy sovereign... is a fucking moron. A complete god damned imbecile of the highest order.

If this is a simulation, I'd very much like it to stop.

Edit: I would like to hear from the people who downvoted this; what about what I said is disagreeable to you?