I was doing a bit of research on our current state of affairs in the country, and really trying to figure out what could be done, and I came across this brilliant little post on Halliburton.

It is a video well worth watching. Having just watched Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth I can’t help thinking that there are quite a few Inconvenient Truths floating around.

I get the feeling at times that America has created the perfect environment for a true fascism. The comforts are provided for the people in such a way that it is hard to have rebellious thoughts, take rebellious actions, because that could endanger our quality of life. In fact, I am afraid to act funny while walking down the street in fear of arrest to be quite honest. With the Bush regime in place and the war moving full tilt, while we blindly watch the Super Bowl, drive our SUVs and celebrate the beautiful New Year, it is almost impossible for the average American to even begin to comprehend the reality that in some places you risk death daily just by walking outside.

And so, the news begins to look like the movies (or for that matter the cartoons, as they seem to be just as violent these days) and we move even further into a sterile world where reality is what is fed to us, and we take prescription mind killers to deal with the fact that deep down inside we know something is wrong but we simply can’t figure out what. And the fascism of comfort, of wealth, of absolute loss of our individual control to a group trance state - the American Dream - begins to seep in.

I invite your comments.

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