American Dream, Global Nightmare
- American Dream, Global Nightmare
"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. [cite journal
last = Sardar
first = Ziauddin
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title = The Return of the Neo-Kharjites
journal = Journal of Futures Studies
volume = 11
issue = 2
pages = 119–124
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location =
date = November 2006
url = http://www.jfs.tku.edu.tw/11-2/ES4-Sardar.pdf
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*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.
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