The 'American Dream'
Is Weaponized
By Jim Kirwan
4-13-6
How could it happen that the one thing almost everyone agrees upon as
a basic underpinning for this nation, could ever have been turned
against the people of the USA? Well - a lot has happened since the
American public began taking regular doses of "The Shining City on the
Hill" that was practically 'mainlined' into the public's veins. The
message however was only masquerading as all that anyone would ever
need to live the good life, during the Reagan years; back when "Greed
is Good" ruled the day!
In this article:
http://www.kirwanesque.com/politics/articles/2006/art7.htm a reader
wrote that I had advocated Anarchy. But Anarchy is a tool of
interlocking and overlapping directorates of MONEY&POWER INC. (the
enemy of all who work). It's a weapon of theirs and a basic part of
what the Puppet-Masters do. Anarchy was pre-figured in the aftermath
of both the War on Iraq (murder & chaos internally) and in the
Hurricane Katrina, where the government's hands off approach raised
the number of casualties and intensified the destruction. To insure
against riots after the hurricane, the only thing that was done,
besides calling in Blackwater's mercenaries to patrol the scene; was
to scatter the population across the nation and then just move-on
depending on the short-term memory of all those not affected, to bury
this crime along with all their other efforts at destabilizing the
Un-United States.
Ordinary people on the other hand that have families, responsibilities
and some form of job, can't really be fans of Anarchy either - because
that brand of street theater offers nothing by way of real survival or
continuance. Anarchy is also unworkable for that segment of America
that was the former "backbone" of this society and that still cannot
believe they have become the target of this government that wants to
crush them. Moreover: in reality Anarchy has become the hand-puppet
of the extreme wings of all the "ists" & Isms" that currently plague
the world - it's what our dollars paid for when the people did not
balk at having the last two presidential elections stolen from them -
right before their very eyes!
Critics say that an "Elevated focus" is what is needed to resolve this
serious breakdown of life in America today. Yet given how many have
already been personally 'broken' by the pace and promises of this
government an 'elevated focus' is almost beyond reach when one hasn't
got a job, or much of any kind of future. This is especially true when
those same people tend to listen to the distortions of the mass media
that sold them out in the first place. Depression and anger are what
is being spoon fed to the disillusioned - so now most of these people
just don't want to hear anything anymore!
Almost buried in the confusion is a poisoned tar-baby that is visible
as the Weaponization of "The American Dream" - the practice, not the
concept. Back in 1972 or 73 there was a major gathering of about 300
of the world's most prominent Robber-Barons, in the Caribbean. The
council was held under the rubric of the Trilateral Commission. That
august body of thieves and conspirators had observed that the
population of the planet was beginning to make strides toward a better
and more promising world. The reason for this tiny sprout of promise
that concerned them so - was that in their view: TOO MUCH FREE TIME
was now in the hands of working people everywhere.
It seems that the G.I. Bill in WWII had begun to change their plans
for domination: because it was giving too many people the idea that
there actually might be something more in life than just MONEY&POWER.
The arts were beginning to show some promise and with the free time
created by well-paying jobs, people wanted to make things better, and
not just for themselves - (imagine that)! So the Trilateral commission
acted and by 1994, this was part of the "new" situation in the USA
http://www.kirwanesque.com/politics/articles/2004/art18.htm
The fascinating thing about "The American Dream" as it is practiced
today is that its only target seems to be "more for me - and to hell
with anyone else." Gone are the dreams of a better world; more
education that actually led to knowledge instead of only data
accumulation and regurgitation. IN is the acquisition of everything
that glitters, glows or communicates. This 'idea' came directly from
marketing schemes developed by Edward Bernaise in the 1920's. Later
Madison Avenue advanced his work to create the kinds of products that
could liberate people, but by the1980's this idea was being used to
control people for international business, and for those who supported
them. MONEY& POWER INC. took things from there by successfully
linking this basic commercial idea of acquisition, with the suggestion
of 'Democracy.' as a way to gain control over people through their
inmost fears and desires. Thanks mostly to the seeming innocence of
television and consumer surveys this began to work and profits
soared! http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article12698.htm
Gone now are the thoughts of free time, or free thought about anything
that does not have to do with MONEY&POWER INC. The crescendo of this
success was completed when the PR industry and the media finally began
to lead consumers to this Nirvana of their dreams. Of course this
"idea" is no longer limited to those in the USA as this disease has
grown wings and has now infected people everywhere.
The weaponized form of 'the dream' like the concept of Anarchy itself
is just the bait that attracts new followers like flies. Where Anarchy
relies on images of romantic-daring, other-people's blood, and the
mystic heights of "celluloid rebellions": The American Dream is far
more subtle. The bait in the "dream" is based on "Joining-In,"
signing-up and behaving very professionally about every facet of life.
Credit is a major factor along with timely payments to whatever
corporation is billing them. This can be difficult as companies are
often allowed to change the terms of the signed agreements that have
beggared so many, at their whim. It's very serious, but it comes in
shiny wrappers of the dreams for a care-free life yet the truth
beneath the packaging can be dire and deadly for the continued future
of the unwary. This is just the boiler-plate of unfettered Capitalism
run amuck. But for anyone who is chasing those eternal dreams of
grandeur, it is often hard to see the bear-traps in the road. That's
the basic idea; 'do everything we ask of you and follow what we say
exactly and know that those golden years are just ahead for YOU!'
But the task of following the new leaders and their sponsors is tough.
The consumer (no-longer-the-citizen) is expected to "do what is
expected" while self-censoring their every thought - ALWAYS. No
private doubts or personal thoughts are allowed to question these
equations for any reason. Ambition is encouraged to be sure, but only
when the worker's ambition will lead directly to ever-greater profits
for the company. The plight of the dutiful-cog in this machine is as
futile as dream of freedom was for the slaves that built this nation.
Still, when one is young the future is bright, unless you happen to be
young during the continuing eclipse of the sun that has marked the
entire five years of Cheney-Bush. Students go to college, or to war,
depending on how deep their pockets are. And after having spent the
time and money and a few years in the "after- world" of the
post-graduate experience, certain inconsistencies appear. First it's
clear that profit does not always flow from choices made, or from the
duties carried out. By then it is also clear that laws are only made
for underlings - the rich have more important things to do because
there is a two tiered system that only watches over "lesser
individuals." It's also clear that whatever course is followed in the
system will be closely scrutinized, recorded, and reported; often to
those above who will not smile upon whatever or whoever has been
revealed to them.
A big part of the "American Dream" is compartmentalization. Whenever a
problem occurs in the overly-busy-life of a pod person, the
appropriate professional is called and the cog goes immediately back
to their 'Oh So Busy' life! So when there is a
perceived-political-problem, they call a professional and leave the
"problem" in the capable and knowledgeable hands of a political
professional - much as one might call a plumber to fix a broken pipe.
It takes awhile for it to dawn on those who believe they are on a
fast-track to success, to figure out that for decades no one has been
protecting them, from any of the horrors that now makes the news
almost every night. When global, national, and local events begin to
daily overwhelm the majority, as is happening now, the rigid follower
(who always believed that he or she was definitely 'aware') begins to
PANIC. (but only on the inside).
The problem is that we have allowed the World to be turned
Upside-Down. The vagrants, the bandits and the true killers from the
fringes have taken over the US, from the offices and boardrooms to the
courts and especially to the inner-chambers of government. That leaves
the so-called "secure jobs" of the pod-people and the rest of us in
either permanent limbo, or in something that employers can hold for
ransom, while the worker tries to continue in the game.
It would be one thing if the slithering and sneering leadership would
pause occasionally - but events are moving so fast (against the public
good) - that there is no time to even let each new crime sink in -
before the next catastrophe overwhelms us in its vehemence. One critic
thought that any path to a solution should definitely include
"Universal principles." With this nightmare tar-baby in place where
Dreams-envisioned become Dreams-denied that "Universal principles"
have almost entirely disappeared. Whatever became of those
high-minded principles seems to have died with the rise of the Culture
of the Self. If they're still 'out there' Universal Principles might
only be found in the Smithsonian, under glass of course, and viewable
for a fee.
For a peek at what we're dealing with on a higher level just look at
how this works: The Free Market ideas contained in the international
trade-agreements NAFTA, GATT, and FTAA are all expanded versions of
this scenario. First the nation, or the citizen, is set-up. Promises
are hinted at while requirements are created, only to find after
signing, that the terms of this agreement are not only impossible to
pay for, but will in the end bankrupt the applicant. In the case of
nations, their resources are taken in lieu of payments in the case
of citizens when they cannot pay, they become consumers without rights
and their souls are forfeit, while their dreams are canceled outright.
So in this view "The American Dream" is not what those millions of
marchers may think it is. True it is more monetarily than they can
make back home, but they reach for this bauble at the risk of losing
much of whatever depth their lives had had before. Hunger and poverty
are brutal task-masters, but in the sweat and pain derived, the mind
is often sharpened as thoughts intensify. What is to be gained in
money may have to be paid for with self-esteem. The "American Dream"
is in reality a form of ultimate control that can be more addictive
than any drug, and is at least as delusional!
Politics has overridden much of the best that the humanities had to
offer to humankind. But for the world to survive some combination of
public ethics, private morality and personal determination must rise
again or there will not be a world to live in. How do we get there?
Sometimes people must just go with what the gut has to say - because
if you really listen to that voice - it is seldom wrong (it's just
usually not convenient). If the people of this country ever do begin
to plunge into this nightmare with determination, they might be
surprised at just how much each one of us can do - in affecting real
and lasting changes to this disgusting place that we have created a
our world!
It is said that "it's not a prison if you haven't tried the door" But
If people were really interested in knowing the degree of their
personal freedoms - they would try the doors of whatever life they
might be leading. And SURPRISE! Most will find that they really are
LOCKED-IN!
The most damning thing of all is that what each of us decides to do as
individuals is the only thing that will ever change this nightmare for
the better!
kirwan
kirwanstudios@sbcglobal.net
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