Friday, June 17, 2011
Indoctrination in Dominance
Anyone not in a coma knows American culture is overwhelmingly one of violence. Drug wars, religious wars, oil wars; you name it.
The US military is larger than the rest of the world combined. ACLU graphics on US incarceration are startling: 5% of the world's population with 25% of the world's prison population. Mostly for non-violent offenses. Predominantly black.
While we watch schools closed in order to build more prisons, close libraries to open offensives against immigrants, or simply hand over the keys to our public treasuries to thieves on Wall Street, one has to wonder how long our culture of violence can last. Or will our indoctrination in dominance simply acculturate us to mount little American flags on the cardboard boxes we soon will call home?
The US military is larger than the rest of the world combined. ACLU graphics on US incarceration are startling: 5% of the world's population with 25% of the world's prison population. Mostly for non-violent offenses. Predominantly black.
While we watch schools closed in order to build more prisons, close libraries to open offensives against immigrants, or simply hand over the keys to our public treasuries to thieves on Wall Street, one has to wonder how long our culture of violence can last. Or will our indoctrination in dominance simply acculturate us to mount little American flags on the cardboard boxes we soon will call home?
