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Osama bin Laden filled a gap left by the Soviet Union. Who's the baddie now?
- iuguy 16y agoIf you enjoyed this, you might like Adam Curtis' documentaries, such as The Century of The Self - a documentary about the rise of mass consumerism[1], or The Power of Nightmares - an incredible 3 part documentary on how the neocons needed an enemy in the east as much as Osama needed an enemy in the west in order to strike terror into their own sides[2]. [1] - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyPzGUsYyKM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyPzGUsYyKM [2] - http://www.archive.org/details/ThePowerOfNightmares http://www.archive.org/details/ThePowerOfNightmares
- bobds 16y agoI think it's gonna be China eventually. And instead of WW 3, it's going to be Cold War 2.
- iuguy 16y agoChina is the obvious option, although modern Russia is sufficiently non-aligned to be viewed suspiciously (although it's not possible to form a simple narrative as to why we should hate Russia anymore). China represents everything that we seem to be moving towards, but under a banner that can be summed up as the evil enemy. My concern is that in a quest to limit Chinese control (The Chinese are the reason our economy is the way it is, the Chinese are buying up all the rare earth metals to sell to us at inflated prices etc.) we become the difference between us and the 'enemy' (in terms of freedoms, surveillance and individual rights) narrows, leaving us in a bizarre situation where we fight to sustain the very thing we become.