1 Sep 2004 04:11
RE: The real kerry after the election
M. Junaid Alam <junaidalam <at> msalam.net>
2004-09-01 02:11:19 GMT
2004-09-01 02:11:19 GMT
" This assumption makes the mistake of thinking that the policies of any White House administration is a true reflection of the aspirations of the majority of the people over whom it governs. It isn't. It is, instead, a reflection of the needs of the economic forces which fund the respective mainstream political parties combined with the agenda of those forces which require a bellicose agenda at home and abroad - namely the Pentagon and the internal security apparatus. Of course the media, who are part of the same corporate nexus, would have us believe that everyone wants to bomb the shit out of every nation in the world which dares oppose US economic hegemony. Capitalism is an irrational and violent economic system which requires equally irrational and violent policies " in order to ensure its growth and survival." =========== Frankly, this is merely bombastic boilerplate. Economic forces and White House policies and government organizations and capitalism and economic hegemony and corporate nexus, all that shit, it is not robotic or automatic, it's not lifeless and predetermined. There are people making the determinations at the top levels. And they exploit the worst and most backward currents and ideas in society, lift them up to the level of sanctity, and hammer them throughout all of society to create moral pillars of support. So the people don't start out wanting "to bomb the shit out of everyone." So what? They can easily be turned to that opinion. All that is required is that the forces of hegemony peddles hatred far and wide, and the supposed forces of counter-hegemony peddles only its own principles to the highest bidder.(Continue reading)
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