No matter how many American citizens object or call their political representatives, certain policies will invariably continue to sail through Congress, the State Department, and the administration, on the federal level and state levels .
The main principle behind it all, governing our political minds are based principally on certain old rules dictating ; that the public must be put in its place, marginalized and controlled, of course for its own benefit and interests. People are too stupid and ignorant, to be allowed to know and understand all matters of politics, and more so foreign affairs. So these difficult tasks should be left to the intelligent specialized experts, who generally must be shielded and sheltered from the ignorant masses.
The role of the general population is to be transient spectators, approving, but surely not participants or advisers, and that applies to all strong and authoritarian regimes, as well as functioning democratic societies. These state policies could be very regressive, serving very limited special interests and select individuals. even if at the cost of social inequalities and abusive wealth distribution, and totally against the interests of the majority, still , spectators must not be allowed to see nor understand too much, and whistle-blowers are consequently always harshly punished and exiled .
The theatrical proceedings of the Supreme Court nominee, his accusation and the quiet denial of the Senate majority to a fair investigation , the security surveillance on too many Americans, the immigration total rage and inhuman proceedings , are all examples of what I'm talking about. Not long ago the NY Times reported that two thirds of Americans support the US joins a binding international agreement to curb green house gas emissions, and by a 5 to 3 margin, Americans regard the climate as more urgent than the economy, but it doesn't matter, public opinion is dismissed.
But I'm going to cite few other examples of policies being pushed through our system presently, without American public attention or interference . One is the huge aid package of almost 40 billion Dollars, or the equivalent of 11 million tax payer Dollars per day for the next 10 years to Israel. It was initiated during the Obama administration, and scrumptiously followed by the Trump administration, and the GOP led house. With intelligent twists and amendments, such as it was to be a ceiling when originally conceived, and now it's called a floor, opening the door widely to future increases as Israel might arrogantly dictate.
And requiring the full cooperation of NASA, with Israel's space agency, even after it was caught and openly admitted of Israel's spying on all vital and highly classified pertinent technologies. The package is considered the largest military package in US history. America could cover all universal health care costs, and education shortages, which by the way are presented free to all Israelis .
Another concern of these hidden forces, are to always introduce better controls over the institutions responsible for the indoctrination of our youths. Schools, universities and churches are the focus of these procedures, where the Texas State Board of education, voted lately to amend high school textbooks ; to read that Arab rejection of Israel has led to the conflict perpetuation, requiring schools to blame Israeli/Arab conflict on Arabs. The board also voted to remove certain previous political figures from the teaching syllabus, pertaining to previous democrats, top politicians and administration officials, while all students are now required to study and learn about the current president and the Texas governor. The Dallas morning news reported .
Another unmentioned topic in its full details , are the tariffs imposed by the Trump administration on many of our trading partners, the biggest of course being China, increasing by 10% charges on hundreds of billions of Dollars. While it sounds like fair punishment to unfair trading practises on their parts, the real looser and payer will be the American consumer. A very nice Chinese made wall-hanging clock, bought at a Walmart store for $3.50 , it might now be priced at $3.85 , all consumers will still find it a steal, and buy it, American clock makers cannot compete with both prices anyway, the same applies to most goods imported from China, American consumer will pay the difference .
The Trump administration will pocket tens of billions in added tariffs , and guess what , not spend a dime of it all on health care, social security, education, student loans or even basic infrastructure. And of course not a dime to the needy or poorer social benefits. It will further cut taxes for the richest half percent and keep feeding the armament industries through the Pentagon and its affiliates corporations. Wall Str. will get its share of course. They are enforcing the invisible hand anyhow .
The role of the general population is to be kept strictly as innocent spectators, and never as participants in action or decision advisers . N.Chomsky through his recent writings was an inspiration to the logic behind the article . all my thanks to all as always .
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