Superpowers Cannot Go Toe-to-Toe
We’ve created the ability to end life on earth, walked on that razor’s edge for decades, and need to be aware of the risk
“Violence is a disease, a disease that corrupts all who use it regardless of the cause.” — Chris Hedges
The role of the media should be to inform. To analyze and investigate society, events, and institutions and relay what they’ve found. Instead, we get propagandistic sound bites and lopsided politically-motivated takes. We usually only see one side of an issue, or ‘both sides’ of the debate stay within a tightly controlled ideological sliver.
A look on CNN.com and all one sees is a singularly focused narrative with very limited context. And I cannot handle the pro-war cheerleading of the American media.
Living in Prague and recent events unfolding in Eastern Europe, I’ve been getting messages from American friends and family checking in. The Czech Republic has a long history with Russia — particularly the events of 1968. Everything is obviously fine over here at the moment, but I thought I’d lay out how I’m thinking about the situation.
First off, I’m glad I didn’t write on the issue before because I did not see this coming. I can be too often focused on Western lies and aggression and…
