Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Monopolizing War?

We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Friday, September 14, 2012

Monopolizing War?

Click here to access article by Tom Engelhardt from his blog TomDispatch.

The author sneaks in under the guise of a pop quiz that US state sponsored violence used in so many areas of the globe to enforce the interests of our One Percent's empire builders is actually the "new normal"; and as such ordinary Americans don't notice it, or take it for granted. Of course, One Percent's media agents foster this complaisant attitude. Thus, when our embassies are attacked, everyone, including top political officials, are shocked. Could it be that this development was what the contrived 9/11 tragedy was all about--to provide cover for worldwide military campaigns?