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The Widespread Abuse Of Prisoners Is A Virtually Foolproof Indication That Politicians Are Trying To Impose A System--whether Political, Religious Or Economic--that Is Rejected By Large Numbers Of The People They Are Ruling. Just As Ecologists Define Ecosystems By The Presence Of Certain "indicator Species" Of Plants And Birds, Torture Is An Indicator Species Of A Regime That Is Engaged In A Deeply Anti-democratic Project, Even If That Regime Happens To Have Come To Power Through Elections.

Because It Is Such A Huge Crisis, Because It Puts Us On A Firm Science-based Deadline, It's A Once-in-a-century Opportunity To Build A Better Society And Address Raging Inequality, Create Huge Numbers Of Jobs, Rebuild Our Public Infrastructure. But, We Can't Do It Unless We Break Every Single Rule In The Free-market Playbook. Which Is Why The Worst People In The World All Deny Climate Change.

That Is The Meaning Of The Trump Brand - Being The Boss Who Is So Rich And So Powerful He Can Do Whatever He Wants. So The Way In Which He Ran For President Was To Embody That Idea As Fully As He Possibly Could With His Outrageousness. I Don't Think He Actually Thought He Would Win. I Think The Original Idea Was Purely A Marketing Idea. It Seemed A No-lose Situation, Because He Would Get So Much Free Publicity. And This Has Always Been His Genius - I Shouldn't Use The Word "genius" When Talking About Trump - But He's Always Understood The Value Of Free Publicity.

Terrorism Doesn't Just Blow Up Buildings; It Blasts Every Other Issue Off The Political Map. The Spectre Of Terrorism - Real And Exaggerated - Has Become A Shield Of Impunity, Protecting Governments Around The World From Scrutiny For Their Human Rights Abuses.

You Actually Cannot Sell The Idea Of Freedom, Democracy, Diversity, As If It Were A Brand Attribute And Not Reality -- Not At The Same Time As You're Bombing People, You Can't.