Monday, July 03, 2006
July 4th: Reflections on the American Empire
The violence of the government is to be praised, while the violence of the individual is condemned.
Americans are entitled to engorge themselves with the fruit of the labor of others, others must subsist upon what Americans leave for them.
The profligacy of American corporations is a virtue, the corruption of foreign societies is a vice.
Citizens shall transform God into an idol, and elevate the commodity into a God.
The family is the moral cornerstone of society only when it is not an impediment to economic efficiency.
Children are to aspire to be independent, but shall be punished if they attain it.
People shall seek to be so free as individuals so as to sever any bonds with their friends, neighbors and the community.
Society shall be colorblind so that whites maintain perpetual control of all the essential instruments of the state.
Peace is so exalted that it is permissible, and even necessary, to kill, torture and collectively punish anyone to achieve it.
Labels: American Empire, Neoliberalism
