Fuck
The
Troops

Countries are dumb. So yeah, for thousands and thousands of years, we live in tribes running around humpin' and pickin' berries all day (sigh). But fast-forward a millenia or two and humans have somehow managed to divide the globe into a bunch of politicized geographic units called nation-states.
Yes, another wonderful facet of our technological and social advancement during the evolution of this, the most asinine of aninine race. Here, inside of our nations, we are taught to identify with our fellow countrypersons on the basis of similarities in cultural heritage, linguistic patterns, ethnic relationships and/or geographical proximity. And with each nation, we get a state: the final and ultimate authority through which the government and all of it's component parts operate. And this, the nation-state, becomes the focal point of many-an-identity.
I am an individual human, but i become "Canadian". Not "Mexican". Not "Australian". Not "Nigerian". Weird, no? the whole world has become cut and divided. How convenient for the few who occupy the ultra-powerful spots in the class of the economic elite: governments to rule, laws to create, cultures to oppress, people to exploit, identities to inject through its media outlets and systems of education. So we're all kept dumb to what's going on. Sure, we have certain "freedoms" in our nation-states, like choosing between Coke and Pepsi! Or between Baywatch and Cops! Or if we want to be factory workers or department store managers or teachers or waste-diposal-engineers! We presuppose that the nation-state acts in terms of the "national interest". And surprise surprise! "National interest" becomes a defence of the existence of the nation-state and the way it operates.
Socalled "national interest" is more than just partly responsible for the continuation and regeneration of a system that exists on exploitation and the fucking over of human rights. "National interest" is the justification for crap like Operaiton Desert Sorm, the war on aboriginals, NAFTA, the decimation of the environment, racist immigration policies or, say, the massive nuclear arms arsenal just a two-hour drive south of our city. So when some flag-waving patriot tells us to "love it or leave it!" because we're critical of "our", or any other nation-state's foreign/domestic politics, i feel like snippin' off me plums and hangin' up me Chomsky Reader! Hahaha..ha...ha....ha.......sigh.

I got this from the Propagandhi cd "Less Talk, More Rock"


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