Old is New Again

The family jewels are liberated. Finally Americans and the rest of us can have a look into the CIA's shady past: assassinations, coups, spying on citizens, torturing, mind control and more. Have a look for yourself. Of course much of this information was already available thanks to real reporters but given the timing it's quite interesting.

Because, really, none of this is actually in the past. All the same things are going on today in our beloved War on Terror. Sure the technologies are more advanced and the techniques are refined but the goal is the same: power. They'll call it national security and America's interests and all that, but ultimately it comes down to this fact: we want stuff, other people have it and we have to take it by any means necessary. And they had better not fight back or dare raise a voice in protest.

And please don't think that Canadians are innocent in this. We happily profit of the misery caused by the American military-intelligence machine. How else, but through agencies like the CIA, do you think we only pay $1 for a cup of coffee or $2,000 for a laptop?

This begs the question if we (non-elites) can ever develop enough fair trade mechanisms to counter the inherent violence in our economic system. If we can't does that mean we have to tear it down? Or do we just ignore it as best we can with a little help from our flat-screen televisions.

Keep the newly polished family jewels covered, young man!