Wow! Another Reason To Leave...

Garrison America, the title of a recent study by two economists, finds that 25% of the labor force in the Empire is devoted to policing itself, through "guard labor," whether actual security guards or imposing "work discipline" at factories, corporations or elsewhere (how's that for an Orwellian phrase?). This 25%, of course, is unique among other Western nations, but that's pretty much true about most every alarming statistic you can name these days, isn't it? Look for a national identity card to be instituted relatively soon (the immigration debacle would be the impetus for this), and the steady erosion of privacy of any sort to continue. Not to be outdone, however, is this article which purports to show one how to "profit" from this trend. Needless to say, Chaos was awakened from recent slumber by this pair of snapshots into the American mind....happy holidays, readers. Look for a perhaps more regular posting schedule in the coming month...