02-03-2017, 11:44 AM
Yes, it's not a pleasant thought - a vicious warlike and cruel-hearted nation getting an ever bigger budget for foreign wars and to keep the defence industry chiefs in champagne, yachts and luxury - and doubtless overseas bolt holes in case things go wrong.
The defence budget has been on a steady upwards arc since 2002 (excepting a temporary dip circa 2012/13).
And the US has been waging religious wars for the past 15 years (longer, in fact) anyway, along with war directed against Russia, Syria, Iran and heating things up with China too - all featuring Muslims pitched against Muslims - as part of the grand US strategy for global hegemony.
Meanwhile, I can't think of anything more cynically religious than creating the murderous event we call 9/11 that resulted in the deaths of thousands of American citizens -- and then using that event to justify wars in Afghanistan and Iraq followed by wars against the others targets of the 7 nations in five years neocon strategy, either.
Waging war is as American as apple pie, McDonald's burgers and gooey Disney films.
What would be exceptional for a self proclaimed exceptional nation, would be be someone coming along who wants peace and to direct tax revenue to benefit all citizens - not just the top 1% or so. ::hush::
Americans should focus their wrath entirely on the tiny elite who run America and expend all their energy doing something about it. Directing their angst at state managers who are the tools of various elite factions is not only counter productive but misses the whole point - and is a guarantee that the same twisted system of control and theft will remain in force in perpetuity.
The defence budget has been on a steady upwards arc since 2002 (excepting a temporary dip circa 2012/13).
And the US has been waging religious wars for the past 15 years (longer, in fact) anyway, along with war directed against Russia, Syria, Iran and heating things up with China too - all featuring Muslims pitched against Muslims - as part of the grand US strategy for global hegemony.
Meanwhile, I can't think of anything more cynically religious than creating the murderous event we call 9/11 that resulted in the deaths of thousands of American citizens -- and then using that event to justify wars in Afghanistan and Iraq followed by wars against the others targets of the 7 nations in five years neocon strategy, either.
Waging war is as American as apple pie, McDonald's burgers and gooey Disney films.
What would be exceptional for a self proclaimed exceptional nation, would be be someone coming along who wants peace and to direct tax revenue to benefit all citizens - not just the top 1% or so. ::hush::
Americans should focus their wrath entirely on the tiny elite who run America and expend all their energy doing something about it. Directing their angst at state managers who are the tools of various elite factions is not only counter productive but misses the whole point - and is a guarantee that the same twisted system of control and theft will remain in force in perpetuity.
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14