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The American Apocalypse

Posted on Monday, January 05 at 18:24 by N Say
The war on Iraq--a country with longstanding aspirations toward weapons of mass destruction but with no evident stockpiles of them and no apparent connection to the assaults of September 11--was a manifestation of that American visionary projection.
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American Apocalypse

& he talks about his latest book here in a .rm video:
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/01/05/1456238

Robert Jay Lifton, distinguished Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at John Jay College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York as well as a visiting psychiatry professor at Harvard Medical School. He is also the author of several books. His latest book is Superpower Syndrome: America's Apocalyptic Confrontation with the World.

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  1. by avatar Dr Caleb
    Wed Jan 07, 2004 4:02 pm
    <blockquote>"Never leave people in peace, because when they are in peace, you are nobody. Then they don't need you; your very purpose is gone. They need you only when there is danger; so create danger. If there is not real danger, at least create the climate of a false danger." -- Adolf Hitler</blockquote><p> <p>---<br>"History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme" Mark Twain

  2. by Dave Ruston
    Wed Jan 07, 2004 10:31 pm
    YES! Greed and fear are the pillars of imperialism!

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    Dave Ruston

  3. by Jim Callaghan
    Thu Jan 08, 2004 6:05 am
    Power corrupts.



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    "Arrogance in Politics is unacceptable"
    Jim Callaghan
    Minden, Ontario
    705-286-1860
    www.misterc.ca

  4. by Anonymous
    Thu Jan 08, 2004 7:53 am
    Something I find so interesting is that in previous times, as in WWII, the governments went to great lengths to keep the people from becoming hysterical, don\'t create panic seemed to be the motto, so secrecy was the norm. The people didn\'t really want to know, they assumed their governments would tell them if it was productive for them to know, there was a sense of trust, probably unwarranted as we now know, but in great contrast is the present climate; the constant state of terror, the policy is still secrecy but it is create hysteria, create panic, keep the people freaking out about their neighbors, suspect everybody and everything! I guess the masses are easier to control if they are in a constant state of stress?

  5. by N Say
    Thu Jan 08, 2004 5:24 pm
    Fear is the the easiest & best way to control people. The Bush government can only get away with all the domestic disasters by pressing the panic button repeatedly.

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    "So many right-wing Christians, so few lions." - t-shirt I saw @ school

  6. by Anonymous
    Thu Jan 08, 2004 7:22 pm
    And all Catholic Priests abuse boys.

    No, power doesn\'t always corrupt. A system which allows money to BUY power corrupts.



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