Endless taxation for an endless debt.
Conscription.
Slavery.
Native American genocide.
Foreign police actions.
Corporatist healthcare.
Millions of Muslims killed, injured, & made into refugees within the last twenty years.
Prohibition.
The drug war.
TSA.
CIA.
FBI.
Gitmo.
Protectionism.
Price Controls.
The head gang having the monopoly on "education" and schooling your children to love them.
STD experiments in third world countries.
Support of dictators.
Supporting Islamic extremists - fighting Islamic extremists - supporting Islamic extremists - etc.
Seizing power in Iran and handing it over to a maniac.
Prosecution of whistleblowers who protect what they swore to protect.
Wiretapping.
Assassination.
Drone strikes.
Police State at home.
New York police stopping and frisking whomever they want.
Inflation.
Making gold illegal.
Japanese concentration camps.
Torture.
Stealing Hawaii.
Endless laws.
WMD.
The Iraq war.
The perpetuation of myths.
Preemptive strikes.
Licensing.
Segregation.
Regulation.
Endless bases around the world.
Provocation of war with North Korea & Iran amongst other places.
The shutting down of Boston to find one 19 year old kid.
Gun laws.
Gay marriage.
Two party ruling class that makes laws to keep it between two parties.
The bailouts.
And on and on and on.
Tyranny isn't around the corner, it's in your fucking face.
2 comments:
I don't understand the context of many of your topics here regarding the USA. i.e.
Conscription - doesn't exist.
Slavery - depends on your definition but I assume you are referring to chattel slavery which was ended by the Civil War. Worldwide it still exists as has been proctored by Arab Muslim slavers for over 1500 years.
Native American genocide - never happened as a government policy. 90% of the Native Americans were wiped out by disease imported primarily by the Spanish and other Europeans.
Corporatist Healthcare - not sure what your problem is with this. What's the alternative? Obamacare? Regardless, corporate healthcare is rooted in WWII. Prior to that it did not exist.
Millions of Muslims killed...etc. - Mostly by other Muslims, they've been doing so for over a thousand years as well as enslaving and slaughtering other peoples.
Just a start, too many to address in a short time.
I'd be happy to converse on just about any of the topics here. The one thing I can definitely agree on is your comment about 'tyranny' although not exactly for the reasons you've given...per se.
Have you an open mind or are you handicapped by ideological blinders?
Sorry I'm getting back to you so late on this. i never actually expect replies to my posts. hehe
Let me first say that I feel I'm very open-minded. I've learned a lot in the last few years and I use this blog to write out the things that I have learned in order to make sure that it isn't just regurgitation like I feel most personal philosophy is. If you have any resources you wanted to send my way, i'd be happy to check them out.
Here's the deal with this list, within the history of america there has been many sources of tyranny and I feel that people need to understand this, especially when the president claims it doesn't exist. So while conscription doesn't exist now, it did. While I'm sure Muslims have done a lot of disgusting things to themselves, and continue to, American policy in the Middle East has been doing a pretty good job on helping out with that. And when i say Corporatist healthcare, i mean Obamacare, not private insurance.
i guess the main problem with a list like this is I'm not defining anything, it's just a list. The other problem is, a lot of people tend to think that i focus on American tyranny too much as if it doesn't exist anywhere else. That's precisely the point though. Some people need to make this their focus or else it will all get lost in the propaganda.
Thanks for your response. I really appreciate it. Feel free to school me on any points. I'm definitely open to it.
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