At long last the war in Iraq is over. Thank heavens for that. Like most American wars, it is highly questionable whether this one was a good idea. There are many to choose from.
It could even be argued that American culture is violent, and always has been, having been founded in violence. What about the future, America's future? Will the violent tendency continue?
Throughout history there are examples of people living in harmony, violence free, for long periods of time. So we know that it can be done. The question is:how?
If humanity doesn't learn how to eliminate war, then the future is worse than bleak, because the weapons are ever more powerful. Consider for a moment how deeply addicted American culture is to violence. Consider the unlimited violent images in the American media, which are there only for shocking entertainment, never to enlighten. Violence is a primary marketing tool of the corporations, because we the people are first told what we want, then given what we want.
Violence can be a big money maker. The fifteen years following victorious world war two were the most economically prosperous in American history. Our corporate masters seduce us with violence, making us insensitive to it. We the people must rebel from this imposed culture of death.
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