Illusionists, Elitists, and Shamans: an American Oligarachy
Author | : Ron De Torre |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2018-04-11 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781387685806 |
ISBN-13 | : 1387685805 |
Rating | : 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: In George Orwell's nightmare vision from the novel, 1984, War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is strength. In this America, Common courtesy and respect is Political Correctness, Protection of Constitutional rights is Big Government, Tax breaks for the wealthy are Tax Reform, Hypocrisy and Paranoia disguise themselves as Patriotism, Inconvenient Truth is Humanist Hysteria, and destruction of Innocent Lives is Collateral Damage. It is a country where quality of health care is dictated by business expediency, unions face crippling restrictions while homeless camps are reminiscent of the hobo camps of the 1930s. It is a country where the FBI has been instructed to end investigations of white supremacists while Muslims, Latinos, and any minority that dares protest injustice are demonized as the Jews and Poles were by Nazi Germany. It is a country where people make God in their own image. This is an alternate universe story. Or is it?