John Pilger, perhaps the greatest political documentary maker of our times, looks at the efforts by the USA to exploit the people and resources of South America. When we look at the so called developing world, we need to understand how deliberately some of those countries have been kept subservient by more developed countries. The next time you hear a US administration talk about their plans to bring democracy to a country, keep the message of this video in mind.

It seems to me it only takes a bit of thought to realize that if wars came out of human nature, out of a spontaneous urge to kill, then why is it that governments have to go to such tremendous lengths to mobilize the populations to go to war? It seems too obvious doesn't it? They really have to work at it. They have to dredge up an enormous number of reasons.