So, yesterday was the official kick-off of the Keep Portland Weird festival here in Paris, which meant that I had a reading/screening in the...
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Mr Johnson's book is about what our nation has become. We are not really all the wonderful stuff we have been told. The hard facts are that we are an Empire with military bases in most all countries, and our true power is enacted by large corporations, not elected officials. We are not a democracy. For me he explains things which are not understandable other wise.
I think everyone should read this book. We are a new form of empire, not really like Rome, but still, an empire.
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The Sorrows of Empire: An Empire Project by Chalmers Johnson
Betty Shirley, January 7, 2010
Mr Johnson's book is about what our nation has become. We are not really all the wonderful stuff we have been told. The hard facts are that we are an Empire with military bases in most all countries, and our true power is enacted by large corporations, not elected officials. We are not a democracy. For me he explains things which are not understandable other wise.I think everyone should read this book. We are a new form of empire, not really like Rome, but still, an empire.