(December 19, 2012 at 1:05 pm)Ryantology Wrote:(December 19, 2012 at 11:35 am)Minimalist Wrote: But even the Post is guilty of ignoring the rest of the problem. There is something about this country - or this people - which makes us different from the rest of the civilized world and we had damn well better start to figure out what it is.
It could be the country's domination by the military-industrial complex and the subsequent glorification of warriors and conquest which pervades American culture. The fact that we are held in thrall by a religion which glorifies warriors and conquest maybe doesn't help. Both are (nowadays, at least) pretty unique to America in the west, and it's no coincidence that both of these traits are incestuously inseparable in America.
If we embrace a warrior culture, we should not be surprised when blood spills at home. Changing this would solve a lot of the problems, though obviously that's not happening tomorrow.
I agree, but the real issue be it "warrior culture" or "honor culture" you still have BIG MONEY fueling both open market and closed market. Money equals power and all you have to do is sell a motif that appeals to a majority and you have instant lemmings.
China's communist party has the same thing in common with Iran's theocracy, and Saudi Arabia's oil monopoly, and corporate America's class monopoly. Sell an idea to distract from the fact it still amounts to a power struggle. Anti monopoly concepts are the only way to cure any of these problems.
