And in the end, America (that once immaculate country which sloppy tongues call “Murka”) was not destroyed by Adolph Hitler or communism or by guided missiles or bombs. Its demolition was fomented during the Clinton administration, when a small group of radio talk-show hatemongers realized that they could enjoy a very lucrative career by replacing vision with vitriol, by sacrificing sensitivity and common sense for dollars and cents.
Their success led to the emergence of hate-filled television personalities, and then entire networks, and eventually to top-tier politicians who used the same technique. Each of these entities plumbed the depths of our nation’s stupidity, but no one ever managed to hit bottom. These bottom feeders would go on to dine at lower and lower depths, they got fatter and fatter. The water grew darker, cloudier, dirtier, thicker, murkier, slimier, but no firm footing was ever reached. Just more bile-soaked muck and urine-saturated manure. Shit stains became badges of honor, to be celebrated and then cashed in. For profit and power.
Secretly, these cabalists met in their mansions and on their yachts and they whispered to one another, “The people can’t be this stupid, can they?” But the people were. “They won’t possibly fall for this latest crap we’re dishing out, will they?”
But we did.
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“They say that patriotism is the last refuge
To which a scoundrel clings.
Steal a little and they throw you in jail.
Steal and lot and they make you king.” –Bob Dylan
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