Effects Of American Imperialism

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America has strayed further from the concept of “The American Dream” than anyone cares to admit. America’s birth was intended to be a long awaited freedom which the Europeans desperately yearned for. But this dream was never to come into fruition. The dream to allow freedom has long been lost from all human minds. The earliest colonists of the thirteen original American colonies were an enraged people. The colonists were under heavy pressure from the monarch of England. This pressure led to way to a few wealthy white men to climb to the top of their respective social food chains. These men were comprised of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and many others. These men vowed to form petitions and movements which …show more content…
today is just as warmongering as its founding fathers were. The U.S. remorsed over the “terrorist” attack of September eleventh, two-thousand and one. However, this attack was a small dent compared to the millions who have been slain by American imperialism. If anything, 9/11 was America’s karma for its imperialist way. Today, the U.S. controls its citizens through much more efficient means: technological advancement. Advancement in technology makes the world ignorantly blind to the political deeds of America and the generation of today gives into the government propaganda. However, the U.S. government has always fed its citizens propaganda. The government monitors everything everyone does, says, and thinks. Technology allows the government to to spy on its citizens which the government and media label as “national security purposes”. Indoctrination is stamped into the minds of children as it always been done in the organization known as “schooling”. The schools of the world have always been a way for societies to regulate the thoughts and the knowledge of the people. The U.S. has always carried on this tradition of government enforced schooling even in the earlier days when schools and colleges were slightly more liberal in its teachings and rules. In modern times the schools are simply being enforced in ways that are more efficient in thought control. This new method is a nationwide unification of teaching known as: The Common Core Standards. These standards are no different than the education of the earlier American years. The Common Core simply adds even more useless rubbish. American philosophy is also inclined to embrace capitalism. Capitalism is simply the new world method for oppression and control. Capitalism has always divided people into three manipulated classes: the upper class, the middle-class, and the lower-class. The middle-class is the working force which ensures the continued control of the upper class. The middle-class is frightened

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