MANUEL VALENZUELA: Of The Evil Empire

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Imperialist Devastation of Peoples and the Evils Done in our Names

Manuel Valenzuela -- World News Trust

Let us for a few moments put aside our lavish lifestyles of fortuitous endowment and providence that have made us blind to the realities of billions of our fellow humans. Let us ignore our plasma televisions, our DVDs, our two-story cookie cutter homes and gas-guzzling SUVs. Let us promise to not open our overstocked pantries and refrigerators, or to go out and eat at one of many corporate controlled franchise restaurants offering vast assortments of gargantuan meals. We should ignore the opulence of our society that dwells permanently in our minds that makes us forget the severe indigence and suffering that transpires beyond our shores and borders.

In short, we should come out of our luxurious bubble that has shielded us from the evils inflicted on billions of humans that have not been as privy to a life of safety and security. Let us traverse the road of reality, sojourning through history and through mirages of hidden truths. Let us dive into the making of the Evil Empire so that we may see what our government has and continues to do in our name. The road ahead will not be easy to swallow or comprehend, yet we must open our minds to the possibility that what has happened is real and what is occurring is not fiction. Only then will we understand why our hands are smeared in the blood of tens of millions of human cadavers and countless more whose lives and futures have been devastated at the hands of the United States of America. Only by knowing who and what we are can we correct ourselves.

Our society is ingrained with an appetite for violence. It is apparent in the more than 11,000 murders by firearm per year. It is apparent in Hollywood’s gratuitous assembly-line of blood and gore, violence, devastation and death. It is visible in the ever-growing number of video games sold to our children depicting egregious violence, killings and bloodletting. Our society celebrates violence, be it through football, hockey or boxing, television, cartoons and music. Even Disney cartoon movies have as a main theme battles of good versus evil and the plethora of violence, destruction and death associated with them. The U.S. military industrial complex supplies the world with 50 percent of all weapons for sale on the market.

Yet without public demand for violence, none of the above would exist. It is the citizenry -- with complicit help from government and corporate media -- that drives the engine that conditions us toward accepting and participating in our violent society.

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[Doctor_J]

1. I love Manuel.

He did a three-part piece about how far into fascism the US, maybe a year ago. Good writer, very observant.

[papau]

2. A little over the top & fact challenged - but a good social critic

I love writing that has passion - and his certainly does!

:-)

[ZapaPaine]

3. what? and we think our wealth and...

comfort are all attributed to hard work and the American Dream? More like the exploitation of the third world along with the death and misery of millions.

Great read. Kicked!