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The Last Days of Mankind: Today, each one of the assumptions that underpinned western policymaking and journalism for nearly three decades lie shattered

www.nplusonemag.com The Last Days of Mankind | Pankaj Mishra

Today, the war on terror is widely accepted as a military and geopolitical failure. But it is still not fully understood as a massive intellectual and moral fiasco: an attempt by the Western media as well as the political class to forge reality itself, which failed catastrophically, but not without ...

The Last Days of Mankind | Pankaj Mishra
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  • I remember people ridiculing Bernie because he pointed out that he'd been one of the few who voted against the Iraq War, despite the fact that it turned out he was right. There were no WMD's. The US spent trillions and all they did was destroy millions of lives and make a handful of rich people even richer, when they didn't need the money in the first place.

    That's why these wars keep happening. They're wonderful for unaccountable wealth transfer. It's why we're involved in Ukraine. It's why we're helping Israel commit genocide. It's why we've helped Saudi Arabia brutalize Yemen for the last eight years.

    If Harris wants my vote, tell me you're going to cut the military budget, not increase it.

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