"There’s a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people." – Bill Adama

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[–]Tom_Bombadil 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

The show was good. However, I disagree about the legitimacy authority aspect of your argument.
Most people with real power, have earned that power by unrepentantly stepping on the backs of others.
Those who forego opportunities for greater power, because of their commitment to their principles are truly rare, and deserve unique recognition.

Smedley Butler is the only person that I can think of that meets this standard in full.
He was hand picked to lead a fascist coup to take the oval office.
He single handedly saved US democracy for about 40 years; the second coup succeeded.
Legit hero. His words carry more water.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

That's the legend anyways.

I used to think that too.

I wish I could recall where but within the last few months I heard that Butler was legit foil to some but was actually playing another role for the public to restore their confidence in the system. I really wish I could back this up and cite my source of skepticism. I could list a half dozen or more but I still might miss. One thing though that might be helpful, is that around that time I was learning how F.D.Roosevelt was poisoned by a Russian painter (for a lot of reasons). It might have been Webster Tarpley, Tim Kelly, or The Antidote.

I tried looking back. (I download everything before I watch/listen. It's all in "U" folders unseen until I "V" view them.)

This may or may not be the show I'm thinking of, but I gave it an extremely rare A+++ so I highly recommend it regardless.

"Tim Kelly (thkelly67) Dr Morgan Reynolds on Lincoln, FDR, War Myths and 9_11" (2016-11-01) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH_ZUTtvRhc

[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I'm unfamiliar with most of what you've mentioned.
Another promising rabbit hole to jump into.... I'll check it out.
👍

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Let me know if it comes up and if you like the episode as much as I did.