Just so we're clear, his conclusion isn't that the average American (at least back then) was a brain broken imbecile, it's instead that the victims of the genocidal idiot empire should be grateful they didn't suffer genocide.
I'm so glad I found you guys; until I joined the chapo subreddit I thought it would be hard to find normal people (in America). I also want to thank you guys because you've convinced me to give up hope with America and turn my gaze to China which I don't think I would've done otherwise.
Also, obligatory 
Fuck this freak BUT they're not wrong though on that fact that even so called "bleeding heart liberals" wanted to nuke the middle east too.
This is a point that
would often end on - that it may seem like we're nowhere but if you consider what reactionaries would do left to their own devices we can see that what little left/lib coalition exists does actually have power