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 The US has been the dominant empire for along time, the power center of the world. If power indeed attracts corruption, then we should see corruption in the United States. But we don't. Everything is normal and fair. Audits of the Pentagon add up properly, right to the last dollar. Weapons sent to allies are used strictly for war and not sold on black markets. Justice is equally apportioned and justice is blind. The media reports only the facts. The government just wants what is best for you. The Trump conviction was just normal justice playing out, a criminal getting his just treatment. Joe Biden was never charged because he is a sweet and completely innocent dear old man.

.... do you see how ridiculous that sounds? It's hard for me not to just roll on the floor laughing that there are still people that believe such tripe. 
 But... there are... and they wear surgical masks while driving alone in their cars. 
 And they love “boosters”. 
 America is the largest continuous mass of English speaking White people on Earth.  This is why it is the most prosperous nation on earth. 

Your beloved New Zealand is no different from America except it's jut 5 mil people instead of 300 mil. 
 The same happens in US vassal states (EU) as well. And when there are problems, just blame everything on Russia. 
 Maybe we sound read Macchiaveli, the Prince.

If we are still believing we are clever for finding out hypocrisy, it means we are just too inexperienced 
 I was literally feeling like reading Nineteen Eighty-Four 
 When I first read 1984, the idea of the "memory hole" seemed so ridiculous I thought it was George Orwell's biggest screw up. That couldn't happen because people's memories would remember, you can't change the memory in their brains! So why would the official stories change? It wouldn't work to change people's perceptions.

But alas it was his most prescient and accurate prediction. 
 That’s true! And the reality has become much more worse than his prediction because “BIG OTHER” emerged.
People never realize or recognize what’s going on with their behavioral surplus data to control the general public. 
 Now you know what you are up against. Join us and resist 🤝 
 "To my friends, I give everything.
To my enemies, I apply the law"