Beast or Human?

When you can recognize faults in yourself as easily as you recognize faults and flaws in others, you have transitioned from animal to human.

The best test lately is the Iraq War. A human would understand that the war is a hideous crime and that those who started it are criminals. The U.S. executed dozens of Nazis for doing what George Bush and his administration did in Iraq. Yet, nearly 92% of Americans are incapable of deducing that George Bush is no better than a Nazi.

Those who fail to identify the evil in America are functioning at an animal instinct level. They are vulnerable to reactions from the subconscious. Sophisticated Public Relations firms and propaganda experts hold the keys to the subconscious. They know how to release the demons and frailties that lurk there. The target of the manipulators feels in his "gut" that what he is doing is right. If someone else did the same thing, he could feel that it is terribly wrong.