On Friday, December 19, 2003
the United States of America called on the telephone. “Peter,” they said, “we’re no longer sure of ourself and we need to lost weight. If we sell your future, it is because we feel lost and alone in today’s global economy. Every dollar you spend helps our security, our efficiency, our dominance. But it is for you Peter! The power and ambition for you! The widening gap between rich and poor, between industrialized and third world nations, the soaring costs of health care and education, for you we do these things! We lay your citizenship on a foundation of celebrity, consumption, and rugged individualism, for you! Please love us, Peter. We have only our best interests at heart.”