Richard Neville, notorious for the Oz magazine censorship trials in the 1960s, mocks a culture that sees the world as either a “target market or a target”; a culture that through its movies, media politics and foreign policy reveals a disturbing identification with Imperial Rome, asserting the sanctity of its lifestyle, even as the icecaps melt.
Neville provoked outrage for this essay describing the United States as a nation out of control and “bent on serving its own interests at any cost”. Insisting he is not anti-American, Neville believes the choice is stark: self-discovery-for Uncle Sam, or the further destruction of Earth.