Most do not understand the role that the munition companies, their feckless bankers, and therefore, their proxy political leaders, have on world events...both past and present.

IOW, once the Rothschilds and Krupp got together (especially during The Napoleonic Wars), whole nations were no longer in control of their destinies.

"That doesn't mean that everything is bright and cheery, but shaking one's fist (or keyboard) at outdated concepts like "the West" are silly. It certainly does not recognize the world we live in."

Our technology is indeed allowing us, for the time being, to communicate openly with each other.

Labelling another's 'voice', "you must be white", etc. is counter-intuitive if not absolutist.