In this episode, Trevor does a solo review of a new book called The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins.
Intro
For 70 years we have been subjected to pro US propaganda. They won the war, they helped the countries they defeated, they defeated communism and they encouraged the world to pursue freedom and democracy. Their initiative and drive created new industries and they deserve their success.
For most of those 70 years we were subjected to anti Soviet propaganda. As if they were devils who seeded evil communism around the world. With the demise of the Soviet Union, the focus has shifted to China.
China is not perfect and is indeed deeply flawed. I don’t want to live under Chinese rule.
But it is a mistake to say the Chinese are the bad guys, the Americans are the good guys and we should therefore support and follow the Americans.
They are both bad guys. We should follow our own path.
Many people look at the USA and see it as pursuing the principles of Truth, Justice, Freedom and Equality. The opposite is true. The proof of this is in America’s foreign policy over the last 70 years.
Today, many people speculate that if unchecked, China could flex its power and control and subjugate smaller countries. That it could force its will and communist agenda on less powerful countries. That if necessary it would kill, jail and terrorise vast populations to achieve its aims.
The terrible truth is that for 70 years the USA has been conducted the same sort of terrorism campaign that we fear the Chinese will start.
Most people are unaware of just how badly America has behaved. The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins exposes 70 years of American terrorism.
Read it. Read it twice. Many of you joined this podcast because you reject the nonsense of religious dogma. You pride yourself of being rational enough to spot snake oil salesmen in clerical clothes. I’m asking you to overcome 70 years of pro US indoctrination just as you overcame 2000 years of religious indoctrination.
I’m not saying you should be pro China. I’m saying that powerful manipulators are painting a picture of China and you need to constantly assess what is likely to be true and what is likely to be false. Even for things likely to be true, you need to assess what is fair criticism and what is a beat up over nothing. And when you find real and terrible Chinese behaviour, don’t assume that the American response is the answer. The truth is that the Americans have probably already done something just as bad. The answer doesn’t have to be America.
This podcast looks at The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins and examines his descriptions of horrendous crimes committed by America in foreign countries.
Post WW2
A new global order. Europe was weakened and the planet was broken into pieces.
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First world
Second World
Third World (two thirds of the World’s population and mostly had been under control of European colonialism.)
Anti-Communism
Started before WW2. Just after the Russian revolution, President Woodrow Wilson joined other imperial powers in helping the white forces attempt to retake control from the Bolsheviks.
Post WW2, Truman hated communism and there was a problem in Greece. There was a civil war as Greek communists (who had fought against the Nazis) were going well. Truman wanted to interfere. Enter The Truman Doctrine.
From Wikipedia
Truman told Congress that “it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.”[2] Truman contended that because totalitarian regimes coerced free peoples, they automatically represented a threat to international peace and the national security o...