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America Is Under Attack!

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No, they're not. They're just human beings serving an inhuman system. Capitalism is inherently predatory. It demands aggressive growth. It's either dominate or go under.

This drive for domination is the root cause of war, and until we eliminate it, we're going to continue killing one another. Eliminating it requires a global struggle to bring down oligarchic capitalism and replace it with democratic socialism. Political democracy must be expanded and extended into the economic sphere. We, the people of the world, have to take control of the forces that shape our lives. This is the basis for building a society in which we can all fully develop as human beings. Once we achieve this, we'll have a real chance at lasting peace.

We can do this! It's no more difficult than other evolutionary challenges humanity has mastered. The best program I've found for achieving it is the Socialist Equality Party's: http://www.wsws.org .

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