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FULL THROTTLE VOLUME 2 PT.1
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October 18, 2009 04:26 PM PDT
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WITH CO-HOSTS PAUL AND PHILLIP COLLINS

Blackmailed by the Bomb: Nuclear Anxiety and the Cult of the Superweapon
Category: News and Politics
Blackmailed by the Bomb:

Nuclear Anxiety and the Cult of the Superweapon
By Paul & Phillip D. Collins

The term “cult” as it is invoked here does not connote a coherent organization or formalized institution. Instead, it connotes a faddish obsession with a concept, idea, or principle. In this case, the obsession was with the notion of a world order where compliance among nations was maintained through a monopoly on lethal force. The maintenance of that monopoly hinged on the exclusive ownership of the superweapon.

This continuity of thought would find several devotees among the power elite. Central to the Utopian vision of this bizarre and sinister subset of oligarchs was a world order whose hegemony was maintained through a discourse of fear. Faced with potential annihilation by the superweapon, the people of the world could be incentivized to accept an undemocratic and oppressive system of global governance as an alternative to extinction.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.thinkorbeeaten.com/ITGK2/collins1.html

Poster's note: This is the abridged version as it appears in the latest edition of Inside the Knoll e-zine. The unabridged version will be published at Conspiracy Archive. I will be posting it here as soon as it is published.