By Henry A Giroux
Truthout | Op-Ed - Tuesday, 08 April 2014
Under the regime of neoliberalism, especially in the United States, war
has become an extension of politics as almost all aspects of society
have been transformed into a combat zone. Americans now live in a
society in which almost everyone is spied on, considered a potential
terrorist, and subject to a mode of state and corporate lawlessness in
which the arrogance of power knows no limits. The state of exception has
become normalized. Moreover, as society becomes increasingly
militarized and political concessions become relics of a long-abandoned
welfare state hollowed out to serve the interest of global markets, the
collective sense of ethical imagination and social responsibility toward
those who are vulnerable or in need of care is now viewed as a scourge
or pathology.
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