Where do loyalties lie? Empire or Republic?*
Where do loyalties lie? Empire or Republic?*
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." - Benjamin Franklin
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." - Benjamin Franklin
“In November 1998, Tom Plate, a columnist on Pacific Rim affairs Edition for the Los Angeles Times, described the United States as “a muscle-bound crackpot superpower with little more than cruise missiles for brains.”— Chalmers Johnson, Blowback, Second Edition
Western Civilization has been writing its own obituary for decades. It should come as no surprise the Empire ends in perpetual war, endless slaughter of the innocents and the barbarity of genocide. Now we see the last chapter, as empires are as fallible as the despots who create them. This is their dying rage at a world they cannot control.
Authors Note: When I refer to “Empire” I refer to the unelected insurrectionist neocon/neoliberal ideologues seated in Washington DC. When I refer to “America” and “Americans” I refer to the Republic, and the peoples there in.
The essence of the American dilemma; the Empire has expropriated the Republic. As American political scientist Chalmers Johnson observed, many years ago, you can have a republican democracy or an empire, but you can’t have both.
Tyrannies force us back in time to where we have to review fundamental values and loyalties established long ago. In the face of the chaos, anarchy and insurrection these must come under review. All of the previous three end with the barbarism we see now.
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