That was a good read 

 thanks for posting that. My favorite bits:

There always has been a yearning for peace among the normal everyday citizenry: finding meaningful work, marrying and raising a family, tilling the soil, writing poetry, inventing things, or — as Pierre Berton said was his favourite thing – “getting smashed with your friends.”

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We’ve come a long way from 1605 technically, but the general scheme is the same: deception rides high, wide and ugly.