America: the powerful and the powerless

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Hans Morgenthau in Politics Among Nations (1948) related the concept of power to psychology, proposing that in a nation state, leaders use their mind to transform the power vested in them into political acts.

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All the monsters of history exercised absolute power in disregard of the interests of their people. If America cannot deal with its own domestic problems, how can it be helpful to others in global political domains?

What went wrong with America? The questions deserve a rational answer. Stephen Lendman ("Eroding Freedom in America," Information Clearing House, May 2013), is a Chicago-based international peace activist, man of conscience and author of Banker Occupation: Waging Financial War on Humanity (2013), spells it out:

Freedom is a four-letter word. It's fast disappearing. It's an endangered species. Wealth, power and privilege alone matter. America's war on terror priorities advance them ... Tyranny isn't in the eye of the beholder. It's escalating in plain sight. It's just a matter of time until it's full-blown. Washington's bipartisan criminal class plans it…. It's dangerous living in America at the wrong time. Supporting right over wrong is threatened. Anyone can be targeted for any reason or none at all. Guilt by accusation is policy. Diktat authority has final say…. War on terror priorities breached First, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Amendment freedoms. At issue are search and surveillance authority, indefinitely detaining citizens and non-citizens uncharged, and undermining free expression, due process, and equal protection.

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