Conservatives are fond of telling us what a wonderful, happy, prosperous nation this is. The only thing that matches their love of country is the rem… - Michael Parenti

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Conservatives are fond of telling us what a wonderful, happy, prosperous nation this is. The only thing that matches their love of country is the remarkable indifference they show toward the people who live in it.

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About Michael Parenti

Michael Parenti (born 30 September 1933) is an American political scientist, historian and media critic.

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Native Name: Michael John Parenti
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Too often, however, history is written and marketed in such a way as to be anything but liberating. The effect is not to enlighten, but to enforce the existing political orthodoxy. Those who control the present take great pains to control our understanding of the past.

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