The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism
by Ron Suskind
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Author: Ron SuskindEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-08-05
ISBN: 0061430625
Number of pages: 432
Publisher: Harper
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Book Review: "well, gee willikers...are we THAT bad?"
Summary: 5 Stars
A reviewer writes, "I continue to be astonished that citizens of the US are not burning tires in the streets and surrounding the White House..."
The reason we are not engaged in the moral act--and reponsibility--of civil disobedience is because owing to a protracted period of quote-unquote obedience to authority (read: "we were only following orders") we are now, effectively, morally LAME, that's why. We are here at Amazon's comment page venting impotently. i.e., just what the corporate mandarins--and, therefore, D.C., the "shadow" of corporate Power--have set us up for. This is part and parcel of the American ENTITLEMENT myth--we are ENTITLED to enslave blacks, we are ENTITLED to (virtually) annihilate Native Americans, we are ENTITLED to work six-year olds twelve hours a day in New England Mills. After all, folks, when you have an Empire to build, what the hey, you gotta break SOME eggs if you want an omelet! Right?
Yet, someone forgot to mention (darn it!) that concomitant to all of the benefits of Empire building comes responsibilities--which we readily shrug off, i.e., being of little consequence to US.
To illustrate: Suskind reports at some length on the existence of an interrogation room underneath the White House [!]. A reviewer, however, is INDIGNANT at Amazon for a lax book review policy. Quel audace! So much for burning tires today...
Let's continue venting--WE will feel better in a moment. And THAT'S what counts (either that or we will forget what we were supposed to do today).
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