In Joseph A. Palermo’s recent blog posting, Democracy or Decidership”?, he addresses the very serious threat our democracy faces if it is to last. Discussing Chalmers Johnson’s new book, Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic, He writes,
Since the end of World War Two, with the creation of the CIA, the NSA, the NSC, and the DoD, there has been a real tension between whether the United States is going to be a republic or an empire. Johnson argues convincingly the decision has already been made, like earlier empires, most notably the Roman and the British empires, the United States has reached a turning point: either we abandon our imperial ambitions or we will surrender our republic to the voracious appetite of servicing the empire. Johnson remains hopeful “that Americans can still rouse themselves to save our democracy,” but he warns “the time in which to head off financial and moral bankruptcy is growing short.”
