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*Law 10: American tradition and history are universal narratives applicable across all time and space.
*Law 10: American tradition and history are universal narratives applicable across all time and space.


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American Dream, Global Nightmare is the title of two different books:

American Dream, Global Nightmare: The Dilemma of U.S. Human Rights Policy

by Sandy Vogelgesang (Norton, 1980)

American Dream, Global Nightmare

by Ziauddin Sardar and Merryl Wyn Davies (Icon Books, 2004)

This book presents the neoconservative ideology of Pax Americana as ten laws. [1]

  • Law 1: Fear is essential.
  • Law 2: Escape is the reason for being.
  • Law 3: Ignorance is bliss.
  • Law 4: America is the idea of nation.
  • Law 5: Democratisation of everything is the essence of America.
  • Law 6: American democracy has the right to be imperial and express itself through Empire.
  • Law 7: Cinema is the engine of Empire.
  • Law 8: Celebrity is the common currency of Empire.
  • Law 9: War is a necessity.
  • Law 10: American tradition and history are universal narratives applicable across all time and space.