#permanent war

[tilbageidanmark]

There was another 4 minutes air raid warning this evening. These happen a few times a day, but usually not that long.

[sataniccapitalist]

The US Empire Isn’t A Government That Runs Nonstop Wars, It’s A Nonstop War That Runs A Government

It clears up a lot of confusion when you understand that the US empire is not a national government which happens to run nonstop military op

It clears up a lot of confusion when you understand that the US empire is not a national government which happens to run nonstop military operations, it’s a nonstop military operation that happens to run a national government.

[protoslacker]

Hedges observes how these two factors—a gargantuan military and a new American ethos that promised endless consumption without responsibility—have landed us in the predicament we’re in. As Andrew Bacevich told me in a 2010 interview, this is “the heart of the dilemma.” America must now constantly build weapons and fight wars to secure the resources necessary to maintain its limitless consumption. But permanent war and endless consumption are unsustainable, of course. Not only are they destroying our planet (the Department of Defense is the single largest institutional consumer of petroleum in the world), but, as Hedges points out, they are destroying our liberal traditions and democratic institutions. “Permanent war,” he argues, “cheapens culture into nationalist cant. It degrades and corrupts education and the media and wrecks the economy.”

Jake Whitney in The Progressive. Book Review: Shattering the ‘Myth of War’

In his latest book, journalist Chris Hedges wants you to know—and feel—the horrors of armed conflict.

The Greatest Evil is War by Chris Hedges

[the-funtime-autocrat]

Talk of imminent threat to our national security through the application of external force is pure nonsense. Our threat is from the insidious forces working from within which have already so drastically altered the character of our free institutions - those institutions we proudly called the American way of life.

General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964). Speech before the Michigan Legislature in Lansing (May 15th 1952).

[sataniccapitalist]

We Must Reckon With the Most Dangerous System of Extinction Humans Ever Created

Capitalism, especially U.S. militarized capitalism, is a structural extinction force we need to confront foremost.

[sataniccapitalist]

New Book Exposes the Horror of the US’s Endless, Invisible Wars

Norman Solomon offers a powerful framework for understanding geopolitical crises and the enduring costs of militarism.

[sataniccapitalist]

#thewaronyou

[sataniccapitalist]

The Answer to 'Full Spectrum Dominance'

The United States is interested in safeguarding the profits of monopoly capital, which carries politicians in Washington around in its pockets like loose change, writes Roger McKenzie. By Roger McKenzie Peoples Dispatch Imagine the uproar if China or Russia — or any other country fo