Wednesday, February 16, 2005
Power For Its Own Sake
A very simple question: how can the government of United States condemn any nation for human rights abuses when the government of the United States increasingly uses the same tactics from the Patriot Act to Guantanamo to CIA “renderings” to political meetings that require loyalty oaths to enter, and so on? Doesn’t anyone see the logical problem here? So, what do they want? What conclusions can be drawn from such a comparison?
• Those currently running the United States are either liars, deluded, or both
If so, then their fundamental objective must be the retention and increase of power for its own sake by any means. What might these means be?
o Articulated sophistry of a high order
o Manipulation of public media
o Corruption of democratic social order
o Governmental secrecy as a primary value
o Fear as a political tool
o Expediency above morality
Our Dear Leader
Not a pretty picture, is it?
• Those currently running the United States are either liars, deluded, or both
If so, then their fundamental objective must be the retention and increase of power for its own sake by any means. What might these means be?
o Articulated sophistry of a high order
o Manipulation of public media
o Corruption of democratic social order
o Governmental secrecy as a primary value
o Fear as a political tool
o Expediency above morality
Our Dear Leader
Not a pretty picture, is it?
