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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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