Terrorism and the American Dream
Terrorism is secondary violence. First violence is the system that allows sweeping oppression and exploitation of those who are economically weaker. By continually subscribing to the ideology of lifestyles that are systemically based on the exploitation of the weak, we are committing economic violence.
The American Dream – that perfect small town, where everyone is clean, white, beautiful and special, is a construct of the perfect society that is crafted to support a lifestyle that is grounded in economic oppression of the weak, both within America and in the world generally. If you happen to be a poor (Black/Hispanic) American, you are either absent from the dream or it is your own fault, you are; too stupid, lazy or immoral to know or deserve any better.
The American Dream is held in place by using those members of society who are most likely to be absent from the Dream. The military is full of young black and Hispanic soldiers, who’s only way of becoming part of the Dream is to die for it. Only then do they change from being disturbing ‘gang’ members into ‘worthwhile’ members of society.
This Dream comes with a price that is only now being fully realised. The Dream is being exported all around the world through the American media. Advertising American consumerism and movies about the wonderful way of life these beautiful people live is being pushed into the face of the 80% of the world that are struggling to feed themselves and who have no chance of experiencing this dream. Is it any wonder that these people are full of envy and hatred for a people that deliberately oppress them and glorify themselves for doing it!
And Australia believes and follows this Dream. We had our own dreams about a ‘fair go’ for all, but was there really any truth in it? Or was it too only for the white, bright Aussies, and if you were indigenous forget it! Either way, our dreams are being subsumed under the American Dream as we absorb more and more of their cultural take over.
If we are going to follow America in its constructed ideology, then we deserve to incur the envy and wrath of those we help to oppress.
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