When the electoral system is so fixed that both political parties are obviously two sides of the very same coin. And both candidates are beholden to the very same master. And when both platforms guarantee a war posture throughout the world that will always come at the expense of economic justice, social equity and environmental concerns … … …
As US citizens who have grown up within the confines of American society, we have been so conditioned to believe that America can do no wrong … when in fact the US Federal Government has evolved into a global bully which can do very little right outside of its own borders. What can be said about a juggernaut that just rolls its well oiled military machine across the planet, anytime it wants to?!
The reason that the USA has institutionalized might makes right is because it possesses just enough might to hold sway. Where “You’re either with us or against us” worked during the Bush dictatorships, it won’t work in the years to come. Even with the fraudulent smiles of Obama putting a friendly face on war, American hegemony is on its last gasps. The financial and economic state of the union is making the projection of American power virtually impossible to sustain into this new millennium. The carrot and stick approach taken toward our international neighbors is simply untenable going forward. How do you spell E C O N O M I C —> D E P R E S S I O N ?
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