12 Steps for a Better America

And also a better world.

Proposed 12-step plan for the United States and its Power Addiction. Before beginning, we must understand that the addiction to power is an illness, not merely a bad habit or a set of maladaptive behaviors. Seen this way, illegal invasions, secret overseas prisons, bullying treaties which work against the interests of our allies, runaway arms trading, and all the other dangerous acts which our country does every day are understandable as symptoms and signs of that illness.

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- via a comment at Making Light