Andy > most americans are willfully ignorant of the world around them
Yes, and up to now it has suited them because, since its inception, America has become richer and more powerful than any other nation on earth. Therefore why bother with anyone else.
Now, however, other nations are rising and America doesn't like it. In fact, in many ways, America is falling and has become like an old man with failing virility who spends his money on testosterone injections, viagra and keeps an arsenal of assault weapons. Thus the US is attempting to prop-up its power and influence in the world with military conquests and by bullying its former allies. As we know, these conquests are especially directed towards controlling world oil. Also, the Establishment is attempting to coerce to American people into doing its bidding, whatever it is.
However, those outside the US are beginning to see that, like the proverbial Emperor, the US has "no clothes". Its noise is merely bluster --- to draw people's attention from its own serious problems.
With difficulty, I imagine America will have to learn that it is now merely a part of the world and not its boss, something which it firmly believes it is -- and will always be. |
