Kim Petersen:  The book –  American Exception: Empire and the Deep State by Aaron Good. … The author identifies the US as exceptionist in that it serially violates its own constitution – the launching of wars and CIA cloak-and-dagger missions. … American Exception questions the notion of the United States as a democracy, as the state does not serve the masses, rather it serves the interests of the “elites,” what politicians call the national interest. … George Orwell who wrote “… a hierarchical society was only possible on the basis of poverty and ignorance… Read here …