On Apathy or the Dumbing Down of America
Do you remember the Stone Temple Pilots? One of my favorite quotes comes from the sleeve of their CD, Core, from 1992.
...And to you, dead and bloated nation of sleepwalkers, so content to drown in your own rancid apathy that your own minds of your children are being bought and sold on the auction block of swarthy old hogs-- oh, set a place for the auctioneer, he'll be coming to dinner tonight. No need to bother, honey, he'll be coming via satellite direct, right through our brand new motherfuckin' super-mega-screen Home Monitor System...
Me thinks "swarthy hogs" is a valid image/description of our Administration and the GOP. Hogs for money, media attention, international control, war, and perpetual presidential power. Their's has been a sick reality television show. But, hey, I'm the dumb one because a majority of people tune in and somehow, week after week, stay blind to the fact that they themselves are part of the show--the characters getting the raw deal.
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