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- VIOLENT PERFECTION
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- (A Group which is doing this and that,
- while trying to find itself...)
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- Disclaimer: The following text is written
- with the help of a few books, magazines
- and lots of imagination.
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- by DAIMYO
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- DEMOCRACY AT GUNPOINT (ViPer002.)
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- After the end of World War II, most of this
- planet found itself in the role of an unwilling
- accomplice to the new war, which later came to be
- known as "Cold War."
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- In the late 80's, the Cold War was over. And the
- looser of this war, which was Soviet Union, really did
- loose. Within the next few years, the empire lost much
- in the way of land, resources, jobs, economy, etc.
-
- At the same time, the winner found itself in the
- process of loosing political, economical and military
- power. As the Soviet Block broke into pieces, most
- communist regimes found themselves loosing control;
- while the opposition began taking over (without the
- support of United States).
-
- Within months, there was another explosion,
- a new wave of modern technologies, as well as crime
- and prejudice in the United States.
-
- At the same time, we found ourselves playing
- the role of a peace officer to the whole planet.
- Middle East, Somalia, Serbia, Middle East again,
- Haiti. It is as though our leaders find us new wars
- to fight as old ones get less and less popular.
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- Some of US citizens just love that. Others?
- Well, others wonder about the reasons for our
- involvement in all those places.
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- Lets look at those reasons!
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- Centralized and strong governments arise
- because of the perception of unmet needs. They
- maintain power because they generate new perceptions
- of needs which are unmet or by fueling the
- impressions which lead to war, or both.
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- Take away the perception of unmet needs, and
- strong governments find it increasingly difficult
- to maintain power without becoming even more
- tyrannical.
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- So, is that what we are witnessing? As the
- threat of communist aggression dies, the government
- is trying to find other enemies? Shifting its sights
- to "alternative choices" on a long list of enemies?
- After all, the "War on Middle-Eastern Terrorism" has
- been going on for many years, but only now we are
- being given all the materials to look at. Ten years
- ago, nobody cared if a terrorist exploded a bomb on
- a street of some European city - now, it is Front
- Page material.
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- Any power which merely opposes its own
- destruction or the loss of its territory almost
- never wins the ensuing conflict unless it defines
- its objectives beyond survival or the perpetuation
- of the status quo.
-
- And so, the United States government is just
- trying to survive. That is why most of the space
- research is being slowly shut down. New laws
- prohibiting different kinds of fire arms are being
- passed. And the government is attempting to take
- control of all kinds of communication networks
- in the country.
-
- There isn't that much money to be saved in
- shutting down NASA. But it effectively strips the
- economy of the need for high-tech, rocket and
- missile job opportunities. We are still being
- allowed to dream (through Science Fiction, computer
- networks, etc.), but we no longer have the means and
- opportunities of making those dreams into realities.
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- As the government takes more control of the
- communications industry, it will slowly and carefully
- start to monitor (at first), and later determine what
- we think and do.
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- As the laws on "bearing fire arms" get increase
- in severity. We will loose the ability to protect
- ourselves. And consequently, the ability to stand up
- to our own government.
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- We are being stripped of our rights as the
- government gets more and more protective, trying to
- remain in power.
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- P.S. The picture drawn above is a dark one, but
- it also is factual. True, those dusky clouds
- of governmental tyranny are not yet evident,
- but they are there, just over the horizon.
- And unless things change, by the year 2015
- most of us will have no dreams, no voice
- and no power.
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- January 14th, 1995.
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- ViPer002.