Quote by General Douglas MacArthur, A Sol

Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear -- kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor -- with the cry of grave national emergency. Always there has been some terrible evil at home or some monstrous foreign power that was going to gobble us up if we did not blindly rally behind it by furnishing the exorbitant fundsdemanded. Yet, in retrospect, these disasters seem never to have happened, seem never to have been quite real.

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Summary

This quote highlights the idea that governments often manipulate and exploit fear to maintain control and justify their actions. It suggests that we have been repeatedly led to believe there are imminent threats or crises that require our unquestioning support and financial resources, but upon reflection, these fears seem exaggerated or even fabricated. The quote calls for a critical examination of the narratives of fear presented by governments, urging citizens to question the reality of purported disasters and the motivations behind perpetuating a state of perpetual anxiety.

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