The State as Organism

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7075724.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7077310.stm

Especially with regard to Trident, if we consider the State as an Organism, asking it to disarm in any way is like filing down the teeth and claws of a dangerous creature. The debate on nuclear weapons can maybe only understood in these terms:castration! If reason where ever to enter into the debate, especially in a state that considers itself democratic, it would mean both that our leaders are prepared to commit mass genocide and that as voters and taxpayers we support this.

Put very simply, this isn't really about class or the oppressive nature of technology:it is about violence; being the ultimate basis of at least our civilisation, and the reason civilisations fail is the fact that they use violence to self-perpetuate. To escape this violence (and it may be stated that poverty is violence), people resort to depressants or they join in: These ones oppress minorities, they support foreign wars, and they are so addicted to the system that, subconsciously, a proposal to disarm is taken, shall we say, rather personally!