Perhaps you, like me have wondered what a revolution might look like in today's America. Would it be a blood bath, like something out of the movie Or perhaps a Guy Fawkes masked hero would present the path, like the film V for Vendetta?
Well, first we must talk about the epidemic. The impetus for drastic change, in Braveheart, was of course the cruel way Scotland's citizens were treated by the King of England. And in V for Vendetta, a literal epidemic was created with a virus sprayed on the citizens, and the ensuing panic and mayhem allowed the government to take dictatorial control of the country. The epidemic I am referring to in our current situation is not the swine flu, however. It is the corporate greed and corruption that has allowed our rights to be stripped away, and our planetary environment to be brought to the brink of disaster.
This article appears in May 6-12, 2009.