My son is taking world history in school this semester so while he was writing an essay on comparative government we consulted this book Power and Society: An Introduction to the Social Sciences.
Now I'm not as Forest Gump would say "a smart man" but according to this book I fear we are now living in a fascist regime. I came to this conclusion after reading this passage in the book. "Under fascism the nation is an organic whole; therefore, the economy ought to be cooperative rather than competitive. Every class and every interest ought to work together for the good of the nation." and this quote "Fascism strives for a totality of power in which all sectors of society -education, labor, art, science - are incorporated into the state and serve the purposes of the state."
Okay our economy is not cooperative but rather competitive. We don't serve the state entirely. My point is that we are waging a war against the Iraqi people, and soon against the North Korean and Iranian people.
I fail to understand when we as a country became the watchdogs for the world. Was it after September 11th? I don’t understand why these other countries cannot maintain their own nuclear programs? I think if another country came to us said "hand us over everything you’ve got concerning your weapons programs", we wouldn’t be too compliant.
The thing is I was just as pissed off as everybody else when the terrorists attacked New York. I’ve always considered myself patriotic. Very patriotic actually, probably more so than a lot of my liberal friends. I wanted blood just like everybody else. I’m just at a loss as to understanding why this is happening. It seems to serve the country as an organic thing and not the will of the people.
Frankly the whole prospect of this scares the bejeezus out of me.