...Insubordination.

"THEY MURMURED IN THEIR TENTS AND DID NOT OBEY THE VOICE OF THE LORD." PSALMS, 106:25 It is a poor place to be when the general assumption is to feel, in the very presumed antic scrutiny under which the world today is, that we (whoever we may be) are being watched and targeted. Though, I will admit, there is an almost indiscernible fine line between the type of micro-paranoiac egocentricity which the underworld American public of militias and freaks touts and the distinctly macro-paranoiac egocentricity which Tom Everyman gives off. But this distinction has become so blurred in the fray of the "War on Terror" that we find ourselves, like the Stasi and KGB before us, condemning our very selves for action we haven't even yet taken. For example: accusing another of anti-Americanism. Here begins the brunt of my rant. To accuse the reasonable and accountable of making constructive claims against a government whose sole purpose since it's founding has been to represent the American people, is in-itself contradictory to the original claims of that government's founding. Now, one might say that the individual, in a Democracy, is just expressing his/her right to opinion. But "a lie universally accepted is nonetheless a lie", or so to paraphrase. This is so for two reasons: one, Democracy, in the American sense, is not the universal Democracy of the Greeks (with it's sortition etc.) but is rather the Democracy of Rousseau; the Democracy of majority rule (note: this is Democracy of his "The Social Contract", also noted for, ironically, it's justification of Fascism). Two, it isn't an original opinion that we fight against either. It's the assimilated opinion of a mass of power-crazed politicians who shout "terror" from the proverbial masthead in order that we might swerve in the direction they please; toward that "white whale" of ultimate power. Don't believe it? Operation Northwoods was an CIA operation given to the Kennedy administration which outlined the tactical bombing of American cities, the blame of which would fall on, and justify a war with, Cuba (see wikipedia entry: "Operation Northwoods"). Still don't believe it? MkUltra. This isn't anti-American sentiment. It's anti-government sentiment. The American people were just unwitting pawns in another's plan. But only because there was a blind faith in the ultimate infallibility of the government were things such as these allowed to go on; that, and the secrecy under which they were "forced to be operated", lest the public find out. But now, midst the tumult of election year, just when we thought we would be able to change it all, we're given the choice between the lunatic who signed in the NDAA and the lunatic who would use it willingly. The slogan for one of the largest corporations in the world comes to mind, "Just do it." To me, this slogan exemplifies what we have become. Submissive cronies in this game of thrones, reduced to "just doing it", just acting without thought. But as Voltairine de Cleyre gave us to believe, "The giant is blind, but he is thinking; and his locks are growing, fast." I hope, this time, she's right.