Nato Thompsons novel, Culture As Weapon, was very eye opening, due to the fact that it informed me as a reader about the manipulation of our values as citizens of the United States. For instance, within the novel Thompson goes on to discuss how we as citizens are manipulated into believing everything we see or hear political leaders do. For example, after the attack on the World Trade Center, the nation was crumbling and was looking to point fingers at whom to blame. Many individuals pointed their fingers at President George W. Bush, because he was the president at the time, and it was his right to protect the nation from acts like this. Bush began to notice this resentment, and as a way to gain the respect of the nation again he manipulated
