Rebel or PerishStephen Lendman, Contributor Imperial war is a way of life. Social democracies are being eliminated. Freedom is on the chopping block to be crushed. Elections are meaningless and farcical. Americas are the worst. They mock legitimacy. Money power controls them. It runs the country and most societies. People have no say. Theyre ill-served and stomped on by governments in bed with corporatist rogues. Media scoundrels serve wealth and power interests. Managed news misinformation is featured. Former Wall Street Journal writer Greg Jaffe now writes on military issues for the Washington Post. His latest article calls the world safer. Measured by most relevant statistics, he says, America and the world have never been safer. No legitimate journalist would claim it. No respectable editor would publish it. At a time Western nations wage permanent war, crack down repressively against dissent, and inflict unprincipled hardships on people, Jaffe claims global statistics point undeniably toward progress in achieving greater peace and stability. He credits massive military spending. He advocates peace through strength. He wants more of the same at a time America spends more than the rest of the world combined. The Middle East cauldron could erupt in mushroom-shaped cloud destruction. Nuclear winter could follow. When America and other nuclear powers consider these type weapons king-sized hand grenades, the worst of all outcomes is possible. When war is a way of life, bad endings happen. Priority one is preventing it. Militarists are power hungry rogues. Theyre amoral, unethical, deceitful, and manipulative. They breach social and legal standards. They never say theyre sorry. Theyre callously unconcerned about others. Theyre indifferent to human suffering. Theyre sociopaths. Theyre clinically insane. They threaten humanity. Bertrand Russell once explained two options. Either we renounce war and live in peace or end the human race. Theres no in between. Survival depends on ending global militarism and belligerence before its too late. Occupy Wall Street is right saying the only solution is world revolution. The alternative is what no one should tolerate. Indifference and/or acquiescence arent options. Rebel or perish. Theres no in between. A previous article said vote independent or stay home. Another option is voting with your feet and opting out. Americas duopoly offers the evil of two lessers. Trends watcher Gerald Celente said voting for Obama or Romney is choosing between two evils. Lessor or greater, evil is evil. Replacing one rogue with another assures permanent rogue governance. Money and power triumph every time. So do institutionalized imperialism, global wars and homeland repression. Ordinary people always lose. Moral degeneracy defines America. Human lives and welfare dont matter. Post-election, nothing will change. Ahead expect worse. Bipartisan complicity assures it. Might over right is policy. So is prioritizing Americas 1% over all others. They want it all. They intend to get it. Theyre well on their way. How much poverty, homelessness, hunger, and human misery are tolerable? How long will people accept global wars over peace? Wholl volunteer to sacrifice personal welfare so America can run the world? Wholl put up with duopoly power in place of societies fit to live in? Whos willing to accept a global holocaust? Wholl watch while nations are consumed in war, mass destruction, and elimination of freedom? Wholl make the ultimate sacrifice for the wrong reason? Whos foolish enough to think elections matter? In Venezuela they do. Its the exception that proves the rule. In America and other Western societies, they perpetuate what no one should tolerate. George Bernard Shaw was right saying, Democracy is a form of government that substitutes elections by the incompetent many for the appointment of the corrupt few. Obama proved it by governing to the right of George Bush. He wages war on humanity, has looted the nations wealth, wrecked the economy, sacrificed people needs, institutionalized tyranny, and presides over a bogus democracy under a repressive police state apparatus. Imagine what hell do if reelected. Prior to his 2008 election, James Petras called him the greatest con man in recent history. After nearly four years of globally destructive policies, he still has half the countrys support. Adherents will have to explain. In his latest article, Petras said Obama surpassed the worst of George Bush. If reelected, expect hugely regressive policies causing greater harm. People who should know better support him. (L)iberals have crossed the line, said Petras. In the process, they surrender(ed) their integrity and good sense. So-called liberal publications lost their credibility long ago. Nation magazine is one of the worst. Editor/publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel masquerades as a progressive. Shes an establishment figure. Shes a Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) member. Shes welcomed on corporate TV. The Washington Post features her articles. Her maternal grandfather founded the entertainment conglomerate MCA. Her father was executive assistant to former Thailand ambassador William Donovan. He was involved in the CIAs creation. Her father also held other government posts and served as a Farfield Foundation board member. During the Cold War, it was a CIA front group. Its now defunct. Vanden Heuvel and other Nation magazine writers unabashedly support Obama. They pretend Democrats differ from Republicans. Their blind idolatry and contempt for truth betray their readers. After Obamas 2008 nomination, vanden Heuvel said his election will open a new era of reform. His Senate voting record proved otherwise. It was hardline Republican. As president, he exceeded it. Nation magazine still supports him. It misstates, twists and avoids hard truths doing so. It endorses what it should condemn. Popular social movements under Obama were marginalized. Peace advocacy virtually disappeared, said Petras. Obama rewarded adherents with escalat(ed) military spending and permanent wars. Homeland repression escalated. Obamas kill list threatens everyone everywhere. Legislation he demanded gave him diktat power. On his say alone, anyone can be imprisoned indefinitely uncharged and untried. Constitutional rights no longer exist. Imagine choosing four more years sure to get worse. Neither gives a damn about people needs, rule of law principles or other democratic values. Expect the worst ahead. Living standards will keep eroding. Social benefits will disappear. People most in need wont be helped. Mindless adherents of either candidate will have themselves to blame. Americas Green Party says ANOTHER US IS POSSIBLE ANOTHER PARTY IS NECESSARY. Change depends on ending duopoly power. Ordinary people must do it. No one else will. Theres no other way. Consider the options. Rebel or perish! Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net.His new book is titled How Wall Street Fleeces America: Privatized Banking, Government Collusion and Class War.Also visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com and listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network Thursdays at 10AM US Central time and Saturdays and Sundays at noon. All programs are archived for easy listening.http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/the-progressive-news-hour/ 