Posted by: iLLumination August 19, 2014
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As immigrants or citizens residing in this country, I think everyone needs to at least think about this issue for a moment as far as where this great nation is headed.
The episode in Ferguson is considered to be racial issue by most of the people involved but in fact it transcends race. Even a white man could have been shot by the police for similar offence. The bigger issue here is the use of deadly force by the police on citizens whose lives they are supposed to protect.
The situation in Ferguson is worse than in other states occupied by the US military and that is because modern warfare machinery is more readily accessible within the soils of the US than abroad.
The home front is never the enemy and to use such modern warfare machinery on own population simply takes away any rhetoric of democracy that the US tends to flaunt all over the world. Only broken regimes and despots use deadly force against their own people to quell any opposition.
The situation in Ferguson is unprecedented in that people are rising against the forces of modern evil which they know they possibly cannot fight against. Imagine the pressure that is needed for rational human beings to come out into the streets to face such machines of destruction head on.
The saddest part of this equation is the capitalistic economic implication it has. At the end of the day, it has to be about the profit charts. The companies that manufacture these military warfare gears and vehicles need to sell their products to maintain profit and these products are not cheap. The US has tried to start war with many countries in the past to ensure profits for these weapon manufacturers who in turn support their political aspirations by feeding cash. The war mongers in the pockets of these companies tried to start war with Syria but were not successful due to congress intervention but currently the war in Iraq has be re-started because these companies need to keep selling their products.
Greed for money and power only increases and now in an unprecedented way it is being misdirected at own citizens. The products meant for all out wars are now in the market sold or handed down to own police force to use against their own people.
The seemingly three axis of evil is being proliferated by greed.
Government - Weapon Manufacturers - Bankers
Obviously not everyone in government is evil! Same way, not everyone working for weapon manufacturers or banks are evil. People need jobs and they will take what is available.
The episode in Ferguson is considered to be racial issue by most of the people involved but in fact it transcends race. Even a white man could have been shot by the police for similar offence. The bigger issue here is the use of deadly force by the police on citizens whose lives they are supposed to protect.
The situation in Ferguson is worse than in other states occupied by the US military and that is because modern warfare machinery is more readily accessible within the soils of the US than abroad.
The home front is never the enemy and to use such modern warfare machinery on own population simply takes away any rhetoric of democracy that the US tends to flaunt all over the world. Only broken regimes and despots use deadly force against their own people to quell any opposition.
The situation in Ferguson is unprecedented in that people are rising against the forces of modern evil which they know they possibly cannot fight against. Imagine the pressure that is needed for rational human beings to come out into the streets to face such machines of destruction head on.
The saddest part of this equation is the capitalistic economic implication it has. At the end of the day, it has to be about the profit charts. The companies that manufacture these military warfare gears and vehicles need to sell their products to maintain profit and these products are not cheap. The US has tried to start war with many countries in the past to ensure profits for these weapon manufacturers who in turn support their political aspirations by feeding cash. The war mongers in the pockets of these companies tried to start war with Syria but were not successful due to congress intervention but currently the war in Iraq has be re-started because these companies need to keep selling their products.
Greed for money and power only increases and now in an unprecedented way it is being misdirected at own citizens. The products meant for all out wars are now in the market sold or handed down to own police force to use against their own people.
The seemingly three axis of evil is being proliferated by greed.
Government - Weapon Manufacturers - Bankers
Obviously not everyone in government is evil! Same way, not everyone working for weapon manufacturers or banks are evil. People need jobs and they will take what is available.
Last edited: 19-Aug-14 08:35 AM