In my dream last night a man left a black briefcase in the middle of the metro I was in. I knew it had a bomb in it, the way you know in dreams. The briefcase was right next to me. I started to panic. The dream ended. This morning I thought back to my dream and decided I had probably been too absorbed in either the news or a book I´ve been reading for who knows how long, Year 905 by Noam Chomsky. In it he talks about "International terrorists, Hispanic narcotraffickers...crazed Arabs and other useful constructions" that are used in the media and by various governments to control "Americans" or other "Westerners". And it just made me wonder how often people actually start to panic when they see the "crazed Arab" with a big bag on public transport...? In a city like Barcelona, which is full of people from various ethnic and religious backgrounds, or in London, do people immediately think of the "construction" shown in the media...? Because if they do...it´s a hard life.
And what "construction" am I?
I don´t think I actually quite said what I wanted to say, at least not in the way I intended. But oh well.
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