The Power of Propaganda - 99% of Americans Consider Iranian Nukes a Threat

[Magda Hassan]

We are seeing major paranoid reactions on the part of some gun owners who fear that their guns will be taken from them, and the govenment is now the enemy. Probably the only other country that competes with the US in all this is South Africa. I understand they have a lot of gun violence and other forms of violence. Unhappy people there, too.

Adele

An excellent parallel Adele. In the Boer tradition South Africa was also founded on religious principles, a god given country etc, and it was also a very dour and repressive religion. In the English tradition just pure mercenary greed and colonialism. Also the racist underpinnings of both societies which neither of them have truly acknowledged. Or at least a significant section of the privileged part of those societies. Hence the need for arms to repress and 'defend' and the dubious mythology that justifies it.

Many years ago, about the same time I listed to that Gore Vidal interview on the radio, I was considering enrolling in overseas universities one of which was in South Africa. The exchange rate with the Rand was very good and the courses were quite cheap as well besides that. Along with the wonderful courses in exotic animal husbandry, nature park management, Xhosa, Venda, Sotho and Zulu language and anthropology studies the course book was half taken up with various degrees in police and security studies which were a real eye opener to me. Quite a little earner it seems.