"Four sorrows are
certain to be visited on the United States. Their cumulative effect
guarantees that the U.S. will cease to resemble the country outlined in
the Constitution of 1787.
First, there will
be a state of perpetual war, leading to more terrorism against
Americans wherever they may be and a spreading reliance on nuclear
weapons among smaller nations as they try to ward off the imperial
juggernaut.
Second is a loss
of democracy and Constitutional rights as the presidency eclipses
Congress and is itself transformed from a co- equal 'executive branch'
of government into a military junta.
Third is the
replacement of truth by propaganda, disinformation, and the
glorification of war, power, and the military legions.
Lastly, there is
bankruptcy, as the United States pours its economic resources into ever
more grandiose military projects and shortchanges the education,
health, and safety of its citizens."
- Chalmers Johnson, Sorrows of Empire
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