The more perceptive alternative commentators on the internet are seeing through the Empire's latest propaganda stunt: the dredging up of the myths of the Wild West which are worked over endlessly in mainstream media.
In the post-9/11 decade, myth and politics — myth and all phases of American culture — have converged with a certain ferocity that seems unprecedented in my lifetime, and coincides with our transition to a state of perpetual war and economic freefall. As real security for most people nosedives, appeal to myth, especially the myth of the Wild West, becomes the prime tool of governance.Imperial regimes frequently employ myths to mobilize their populations in support of their imperialist goals giving the pursuit of the latter heroic qualities that hide crimes against humanity. The most notable regime in recent history to do this were the Nazis who used myths that dramatized the superiority of the "Aryan race" to justify their domination over other people and races. Read 'Nazism and the myth of the "master-race"' for more details.
