notes from outside

I’ve been devouring everything I can on this subject, and I’m surprised that the basic theorem still seems to elude most Americans, including the main stream media, though it would, on second thought, not be in their interest to acknowledge the very real things Naomi Klein documents, which would effectively rewrite the last thirty to forty years of American history. It’s time this happened. We as American citizens need to look deep within ourselves and make the realisation that we’re better than our government. We can no longer support-and silence is a passive form of support-the class war fostered here at home by neocons using neoliberalism, nor can we through so-called free trade continue to support muderous regimes in Central America, the widespread pollution and contamination of the local ecosystems and it’s resultant damage to the health of indigenous peoples. We must wake up, and be willing to see this madness for what it is, and only then can we slay the two-headed hydra and reform our government, the very ways we live and even think. This is more crucial than anyone might imagine. Our comfort is someone elses birth defect, shanty town, and yes, slaughter. Is it worth it to have tropical fruits year-round if the ultimate cost is in human lives? Yes, the Shock Doctrine has been and is playing out here in the US, but it’s even worse for our brothers and sisters in Central America or anywhere we’ve established heinous free trade agreements with. Look at the banana in your hand. That DVD remote. Your polo shirt. You really didn’t pay anything for them. It’s time our brethren stopped carrying us on their backs.