supposedly the textbooks one reads on the history of America are censored by the government? and this is the best possible way we could put our hypocritical tendencies:
"..the CIA helped to overthrow the elected government of Iran..to get favorable oil prices"
"In Guatemala, in 1954, the CIA overthrew a leftist government that threatened American business interests. US opposition to communism seemed to drive Washington to support corrupt and often ruthless dictators."
As one of the most powerful champions of democracy in the world, who brazenly involve ourselves in the affairs of other nations in order to promote the growth of democracy, I'm glad we've been consistently supporting the right things for the right reasons. yeaaaahhhhhhhh.
I also drove past many signs on the road and began noticing their messages. Billboards depicted copious amounts of Coca-Cola, encouraging "Share Happiness!". A woman up to her eyes in money throwing her hands up in joy- "Whats not to love!". I dont understand consumer culture anymore. And being previously immersed in it, I never found the joy those people on the billboards had. Which is probably what makes people keep searching, keep sacrificing all for green money. They are the green ones. Oh naivete, those joyous people do not exist. They drive by the billboards of themselves in their luxury car and wonder where that joy is as well.
The descriptions in that book of pretty much every major coup of the last few decades have been painstakingly reworked to cast a favorable light on us. But authors also censor; it's harder to see with Brinkley (though if you're astute you'll catch it) but the AP Gov book is practically a shrine to American conservatism.
ReplyDeleteSorry for that speech. The last three sentences of this post are some of the best you have written. Fantastic.