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Human rights are only ever a concern for member states of the U.S. empire — such as the home country of the WikiLeaks founder — when they can be leveraged against nations outside the power alliance, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
He is being punished not for stealing fire – but for exposing power under the light of truth and provoking the god of Exceptionalism.
Looking beyond the distractions, one can see what really matters, like detecting cancer.
Washington is now committed to preventing any non–Western nations that do not conform to the neoliberal order from rising in any field wherein they threaten to best U.S. companies.