Socialism or Barbarism
By Frank Scott
18/09/08 "ICH"
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Recent events solidify America's position as foremost
practitioner of hypocritical policies which would be laughable
if they weren't so dangerous. A nation that destroyed Yugoslavia
in alleged defense of breakaway efforts by Kosovo can express
horror at seeing Russia support breakaway states from Georgia.
Russia’s possible over reaction but completely understandable
crushing of Georgia over its attack on Ossetia, revealed the
ridiculous military defense fiction of NATO in its imitation of
America’s leading politicians - No Action, Talk Only. That
helpless creature of the 20th century becomes more useless in
the 21st.
While the dreadful Bush regime nears its end, the policies in
place since long before it took power will continue destroying
the American empire no matter which new gang attempts to control
the crumbling operation. But so long as major media serve as
stenographers for establishment power, the public will continue
to be treated as preschool children and given naps between sweet
treats and nursery rhymes. In fact, if we let under paid child
care workers take over our government and media, we’d all be
much better served.
Reference to an alleged Russian power play by political and
media mind managers can lead people to swallow the worst forms
of fantasy as representations of reality. The english speaking
Georgian president who regularly cites american political heroes
as models for what he calls his democracy is a case in point.
Try imagining an American president speaking Russian and quoting
Stalin and Lenin as his heroes and you get some idea of the
suspension of thought needed to accept this lap dog as an actual
leader of his people, and not an agent of fast fading western
imperialism.
Many of us, especially our major party presidential tickets,
believe that the awesome majesty of the universe was created by
something with a penis, so nothing should surprise us when we
who vote for them swallow the fantastic fables and lunatic
legends perpetuated by our consciousness controllers. No better
example, perhaps even beyond the foreign policy fiasco of Russia
and Georgia, exists than the recently completed conventions of
our ruling Hypocratic and Theocratic parties. These massive tv
productions, with programmed crowds that make a reality tv show
audience seem like a bunch of hermeneutics of philosophy grad
students, approach the spectacle of American Idol or the
Olympics but with less real meaning.
Accepting an increase in warfare in Afghanistan so we can
decrease warfare in Iraq as its hopeful signs of “change we can
believe in”, the ecstatic crowd at the Hypocratic Con indulged
in group hysteria over selection of our first semi-black
candidate, who will do exactly what his white owners demand.
This amounts to positive change in a population reduced to
finding progress in the look of a performer, while totally
neglecting the substance of actual performance.
Meanwhile, the Theocratic party gang picked a previously unknown
woman from Alaska for vice president, stressing the importance
of whether the men's or lady’s room is used before the executive
sends troops to their death. Should the Theocratic ticket
somehow succeed - against all odds but given the dreadful nature
of the Hypocrats, all things are possible - many may wish for a
quick demise at the top so that this woman can take over and
quickly bring down the entire facade of empire. While opposition
hit teams dig up dirt and trash her character, she may turn out
to be the closest thing to an average american in the entire
multi billion dollar fiasco. She certainly believes in the penis
bearing creator of all and everything, opposes abortion, shoots
guns, supports the market, loves Israel and has a family.
Perfect. She could take over tomorrow.
But seriously folks, as the old comics used to say, what can we
do about a situation that gets crazier and more frightening even
as mainstream mind shapers depict it as logical, democratic and
sanity enhancing? More than ever, we need to question everything
we are told by major media and our corporate government and to
believe nothing until we are convinced by material evidence from
sources we can trust. This means we should also question some of
the gibberish that poses as independent media or online
detective work, since many of the stories carried are on a par
with the science fiction and fantasy we are given by our main
stream consciousness corporadoes. Be critical and skeptical of
all, and if you haven't the time to investigate, find someone
you trust who has the time. And then continue being careful and
critical of that source.
This government is a tragedy but it will be followed by one that
is as tragic in that it will support the system with only
cosmetic changes that may please some sectors - temporarily -
while destroying others. Which is exactly what we are doing now,
and have done for far too long. It is fast coming to a point at
which we, and all inhabitants of the planet will have to act as
though it’s all of us or none of us. And in the words of Rosa
Luxemburg in the 20th century, echoed by Hugo Chavez, Evo
Morales and growing numbers around the world in the 21st, we
will face a choice: socialism or barbarism.
Frank Scott email: frankscott@comcast.net
Frank Scott writes political commentary which appears in the
Coastal Post, The Independent Monitor and on his shared blog at:
http://legalienate.blogspot.com
Copyright (c) 2008 by Frank Scott. All rights reserved.
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