I was 13 when I read "Hiroshima" by James Hersey. Later, I learned about this coup and the way my country's government had undermined democracy in several other parts of the world. By the time 9/11 rolled around, I'd been waiting for something like it to happen for a very long time. Which makes me think of what we've learned since then -- Americans, like most people, don't like it when there are consequences for our actions. And, as is the case all over, when those consequences come home to roost, the people who committed the atrocities (or allowed them to happen) are almost never the people who pay the cost.
A few years ago I read a book called "Stupid to the Last Drop" by William Marsden. It's mainly about how the Alberta fossil fuel industry is fucking up the planet. But there's also a section discussion the fact that America had plans (and probably still does) to invade Canada in the case of an oil crisis as happened in the 70s. Sick fucking shit.
I was 13 when I read "Hiroshima" by James Hersey. Later, I learned about this coup and the way my country's government had undermined democracy in several other parts of the world. By the time 9/11 rolled around, I'd been waiting for something like it to happen for a very long time. Which makes me think of what we've learned since then -- Americans, like most people, don't like it when there are consequences for our actions. And, as is the case all over, when those consequences come home to roost, the people who committed the atrocities (or allowed them to happen) are almost never the people who pay the cost.
‘ It’s almost always about the oil.’
I suppose this is something that would be banned if schools taught it.
Man... We were dicks.
A few years ago I read a book called "Stupid to the Last Drop" by William Marsden. It's mainly about how the Alberta fossil fuel industry is fucking up the planet. But there's also a section discussion the fact that America had plans (and probably still does) to invade Canada in the case of an oil crisis as happened in the 70s. Sick fucking shit.