The United States of America, once envisioned as a superpower, is unraveling today under the weight of its own contradictions.

Having said that, the matter of America’s unraveling needs a much deeper level of analysis.

A Militarized Society

The United States of America is a thoroughly militarized society. The right to bear arms is guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the US constitution. Today, there are more guns in people’s homes than the entire population of the country. At a psychological level, this is clearly indicative of the fact that American society lives in a state of paranoia-the fear of the imaginary ‘other’.

The militarization of American society is reflective of the fact that America is a war oriented economy. It thrives on global conflicts. In conflict zones like Gaza, the Americans are profiteering off of people’s lives. Billions of dollars worth of military sales to Israel are filling up the coffers of the American war makers even as innocent men, women, and children are dying on the streets, day in and day........

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