American Dream, Global Nightmare

For the book by Sandy Vogelgesang, see American Dream, Global Nightmare: The Dilemma of U.S. Human Rights Policy.

American Dream, Global Nightmare is a book by Ziauddin Sardar and Merryl Wyn Davies (Icon Books, 2004).

This book presents the neoconservative ideology of Pax Americana as ten laws.^[1]

Law 1: Fear is essential.
Law 2: Escape is the reason for being.
Law 3: Ignorance is bliss.
Law 4: America is the idea of nation.
Law 5: Democratisation of everything is the essence of America.
Law 6: American democracy has the right to be imperial and express itself through Empire.
Law 7: Cinema is the engine of Empire.
Law 8: Celebrity is the common currency of Empire.
Law 9: War is a necessity.
Law 10: American tradition and history are universal narratives applicable across all time and space.

References

↑ Sardar, Ziauddin (November 2006). "The Return of the Neo-Kharjites" (PDF). Journal of Futures Studies 11 (2): 119–124.

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