I get so tired of the same old arguments presented by a pool of conservative/libertarian/centrist materialists who go on and on about justifying all manner of security operations, from overt pre-emptive wars slaughtering endless people not like them, to the gestapo like spying and complete disregard for the rights and liberties of the citizens of this country. They do so for only one possible set of reasons based solely on their fear. Fear is indeed a huge motivator, but it is just an emotional response to a set of possibilities none of which has come true for the person espousing the elitist drivel.
What are they all afraid of? Well they of course will tell you that they are fearful of a terrorist attack that will threaten their lives and those of their families. They will tell you that they are afraid of the tyranny of both the majority and minority that will restrict their own personal tyrannies they wish to perpetrate on others and the earth. They will tell you that they are afraid of the threats of nuclear proliferation, but only that of people they do not or cannot control; they don't seem to mind at all using the threat of nuclear action to terrorize and intimidate others (those not like them) who they might perceive as threats. But these are all bullshit rationalizations of their core central angsts.
They really are afraid of losing their material assets. They are afraid of becoming impoverished. They are afraid of being part of the not-haves rather than the haves. They are afraid of their economic sense of worth and value. How can they be afraid of dying, since they are absolutely going to do so at some point? They really are not afraid of dying. They can't be afraid of tyranny, since they wish to impose their own on their children and the planet, so really it is about what they will lose to others if they let others take from them--again materialism in its worst manifestation. They cannot fear that which they create, because that would be crazy, and they will insist they are not crazy. They will demand that their assets be protected; that their wealth be insured. That all the havenots recognize and kowtow and accept that the wealth and assets are not available.
These people are seriously afraid of someone taking their car, but not once considering that their car kills people and the earth everyday all over the planet. These people are afraid someone, or even worse, some agency, will take their land or bank accounts or giant HDTV home theater system, even though these same assets have degraded and cheapened the lives and health of others, including the earth. These people are afraid of becoming less than they have; as they have linked just who they are with what they possess. They are afraid that others are move selfish than them, and thus a threat so vile and nasty that they must eliminate it. They honor and pay tribute to selfishness while fearing that others may have those same qualities, and the capacity and ability to use it against them. They want laws to protect only their selfishnesses and not those of others. In a very real sense, they fear being as crazy as they really are.
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