Perhaps...

With respect to my comment:

"Most especially, too many Americans naively reject the reality that their own government is dedicated to the domination and exploitation of the world."

Perhaps I'm giving the "average" American too much credit.

Maybe the problem is that I assume that the average American would consider that killing others for the oil industry, or waging war to increase arms sales, or destablizing societies to topple their democratically-elected governments, are bad things. Maybe the bulk of American people are really quite happy with the idea of exploitation.

After all, I expect that the average American would consider these things bad if directed toward him. Do unto others...

*sigh*

=-John-=