ARTHUR SILBER: Dying for Control (I): Neurosis and Terror as National "Policy"

http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/2013/09/dying-for-control-i-neurosis-and-terror.html

there is much talk of increased "oversight" of the NSA (ha! "oversight"!), and people even express excitement about the "debate" that has begun. Some people also take great comfort from the Obama administration's temporary retreat from an attack on Syria. It is entirely possible that the State will make certain concessions and will appear to retreat from some of its more extreme policies and actions; that is, in fact, precisely what I expect the State to do. But you should not take comfort from that. To the contrary, any such concessions and retreats should make you warier than you have ever been -- and you should be prepared for still worse to come. With regard to this issue, it would be useful to think of the State as your manipulative lover from hell.