edwin zappe

“The USA way of life — the way we socialize violence in our citizens via larger institutional or structural forces (e.g., entertainment, demonizing populations, denial of opportunities, narrow group privileging, militaristic foreign policies, and invasions of other nations) — encourages violence even as we as a nation ignore, deny, and/or rationalize these events as unimportant or incidental to what is occurring. Individual and collective acts of violence and crime by those in power and position are too often dismissed, tolerated, and/or approved across political, economic, educational, military, and moral”
― Anthony J. Marsella, War, Peace, Justice: An Unfinished Tapestry . . .

“major tragedy of our times, the citizens of the USA remain relatively passive and indifferent to what is occurring. Yes, it is true we respond to the individual and specific mass tragedies associated with violence, disasters, and related instances of suffering. But as a population — with a few exceptions (e.g., OWM, SOA protests, union protests) — we remain passive to the many injustices and abuses perpetrated by public and private individuals and organizations that serve self-interests at the expense of our nation and the world. Say what you will in argument and contention, but the United States of America is a “Culture of Violence,” and we are exporting that culture in all of its manifestations and forms across the world as we encourage greed, profit, consumerism, materialism, commodification, environmental”
― Anthony J. Marsella, War, Peace, Justice: An Unfinished Tapestry . . .

“From: Marsella, A.J. (2011). The United States of America: “A Culture of War.” International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 35, 714–728”
― Anthony J. Marsella, War, Peace, Justice: An Unfinished Tapestry . . .

“institutions. But they have consequences.”
― Anthony J. Marsella, War, Peace, Justice: An Unfinished Tapestry . . .