Neil Oliver | The collapse of the West's "load-bearing myths" from World War II

Neil Oliver & Glenn Greenwald on the collapse of the West's "load-bearing myths" from World War II.
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He argues that the foundational narrative of the US and Britain as the righteous victors who vanquished pure evil is not just simplistic, but a propagandistic edifice crucial to justifying Western power for generations. This myth, however, is now fracturing under the weight of reality.
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Why? Because human societies cannot healthily thrive on a belief in their own absolute righteousness. The necessary humility—the understanding that all power is susceptible to abuse—was lost in the euphoric victory, a victory that also conveniently airbrushed the Soviet Union's colossal role from the popular narrative.
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This WWII prism has been the neocon's and warmonger's most potent tool: every new conflict is framed as a fight for freedom against a new "evil," a tired script repeated by a compliant media.
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But propaganda has a shelf life. When the chasm between the taught narrative and lived reality becomes too vast, the myth collapses. The internet, Greenwald posits, has been the primary catalyst, exposing this breach and empowering populations to see the stark difference between the stories they were sold and the actions they witness.
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The result? The very propagandistic framework that underpinned Western moral and political dominance for 80 years is now crumbling, unable to sustain itself in the face of a connected and disillusioned public.

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