How To Destroy a Nation

How to Destroy a Nation (from the inside)

1. learn to lie with a straight face
2. get elected (or steal the election if necessary)
3. forget the people who think they elected you
4. shift the focus of government to favor the wealthy and corporations
5. re-write the Constitution
6. neuter other bodies of government
7. silence the opposition
8. consider everyone guilty until proven innocent
9. keep people locked up indefinitely
10. prepare for Armageddon


How to Destroy a Nation (from the outside)

1. attack it without provocation
2. remove those in power
3. shoot first, ask questions later
4. lock up anyone who looks suspicious
5. torture, torture, torture
6. torture some more
7. destroy the infrastructure
8. announce to the world that the plan is working
9. torture some more
10. threaten other countries nearby just to keep it interesting


Randolph Nesbitt

Posted over on Poets Against The War