TheCanuckdian's video: The Power Principle Part 3 - Apocolypse

The Power Principle -- Corporate Empire and The Rise of the National Security State (Part 3 of 3 - Apocalypse) This last episode provides an overview of the United States empire post-Cold War, in the expanded age of nuclear weapons with the continued campaign of Mutually Assured Destruction. The Soviet Union has collapsed, and nothing has changed as far as the military-industrial complex is concerned, while the agreement between the two political parties in the United States over empire is stronger than ever before, meaning there is literally no difference in the way US foreign policy is conducted regardless of whoever ‘wins’ the White House. Additionally, the presence of the US military in civilian life has never been greater. This final episode details terrorist attacks planned and enacted by the United States against Cuba and elsewhere, showing methods of biological and chemical warfare, the Cuban Missile Crisis; while also detailing the efforts of people such as Vasili Arkhipov and Stanislav Petrov who averted catastrophic nuclear war on separate occasions. NATO is expanded. What about the future? Case Studies: Yugoslavia, Libya; the Yeltsin coup, etc. ----------------------------- A film by Scott Noble of Metanoia Films (2012) http://metanoia-films.org/the-power-principle/ The Power Principle is a series of films examining the history of the United States and the building of its empire with particular emphasis on the last seventy years of United States foreign policy. The methods that make empire possible are also examined — the politics of fear, the rise of public relations, the ‘Mafia Principle’ and the reoccurring use of fabled enemies, contrasting the Soviet Union and the Cold War alongside the parallels of today with the “War On Terror”. Not only does The Power Principle tie together historical events to revive a common thread, the series may also encourage viewers to reconsider their understanding of historical events and the portrayal of them, showing how those in power play a role in manipulating the collective memory through generations.