"America Bang"

I had a dream that Fascists took over the world and put everyone who opposed them into a blender. It was horrible. It was a preview for a new movie, which came on T.V. in the dream. I was sitting there watching T.V. with Erin, which is unusual since I don't have a T.V. And then this preview came on. The movie was called "America Bang," or something similar. In it, the Fascists took over the world, or maybe just America, and they put everyone who opposed them into a giant blender. The Fascists would lead one group after another into the blender and made them stand there. The Fascists dressed like Blackwater soldiers. The people in the blender stood in the blender trying to look brave and calm, but then they would get all ground up.

After that terrible part of the dream, the rest of it was spent with me running around trying to decide if I was going to stand up to the Fascists and probably get ground up in a giant blender, or if I was going to submit to their rule. I was more than halfway convinced that soul-crushing submission was better than being blenderfied. Have you ever read about Victor Jara? He was a Chilean folk singer who was also a Socialist (Communist? I'm not sure). When a U.S.-backed military coup overthrew the popularly elected leader of Chile (a completely isolated event, of course), Jara was taken with a bunch of others to a stadium and tortured for three days. They either broke his hands or chopped them off, and then shot him. That kind of stuff happens all the time! What if it happens here in Oakland?

It may be evident at this point that I have spent a good deal of time thinking about Fascists. Whenever I do, the only way to make myself feel more confident is to decide to learn karate, or some other martial art. Maybe all the martial arts. I also consider moving to another part of the world, bobby-trapping my house with massive explosives or joining a Fascist organization undercover and then tricking them all into a blender before they can take over and puree me. All four of these solutions sound very plausible and helpful, and as I lay in bed last night thinking about the terrible dream, I decided to implement one of them as soon as possible. Tomorrow. Or maybe the next day. Or maybe I'll wait until next year, when I'll have more money and more free time. In any case, I'll figure everything out well before the Fascists take over the world, or possibly just America.