They Always Tell You Why The Empire Uses Violence, But Never Why Its Enemies Do

About this episode

The episode discusses the reasons behind violence and how they are often misrepresented by Western media.

Violence is not always justified, but there is always a reason why it happens. Western pundits, politicians and newscasters will very seldom tell you what those reasons are unless it advances the interests of the western empire. Reading by Tim Foley.

People in this episode

Hosts: Caitlin Johnstone, Tim Foley

Topics covered

• violence
• empire
• politics
• media
• justification

Keywords

• violence
• Western media
• empire
• politics
• justification

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Western empire

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