I am currently reading "The Mughal World" by Abraham Eraly and I came across this quote. The author was making the point that in the 16th and 17th century there was no sense of nationalism in what is now India.. He further states "The people had no loyalty to there rulers, and the rulers had no regard for their subjects,the people were prey, the rulers were predators." Whats different in America today?Only that the people have no loyalty to their rulers. We are still prey, they are still predators. However adroit use of modern media has allowed the predators to create a false image of the rulers as heirs to the "noble values" of the founding fathers and to channel the minds of the masses away from the great thefts taking place thru the use of division,racism and hatred. We are more worried about an invasion of Muslim backed and trained Mexican communist hordes(Glenn Beck's analogy, not mine) that the fact that our banks and investment houses are nothing more than dispensers of chips for use in the great casino called Wall st. Wouldn't it be nice to go to Vegas with someone elses money. Wouldn't it be nice even to lose that money and have the government give it back to you as bailout, while you, the original owner of that capital gets left out. The Arab world is waking up, it seems that citizens of Great Britain are waking up, can America be far behind? Or are we going to contniue to believe the lies of Beck,Limbaugh,and Republicans and immerse ourselves in the hatred and racism and patiently await the imminent return of the baby Jesus, bearing his sword to establish the kingdom of god.Thats as unrealistic as Muslim martyrdom fantasies.