Decius wrote:
] ] by Kurt Vonnegut
] ]
] ] Many years ago, I was so innocent I still considered it
] ] possible that we could become the humane and reasonable
] ] America so many members of my generation used to dream
] ] of. We dreamed of such an America during the Great
] ] Depression, when there were no jobs. And then we fought
] ] and often died for that dream during the Second World
] ] War, when there was no peace.
] ]
] ] But I know now that there is not a chance in hell of
] ] America's becoming humane and reasonable. Because
] ] power corrupts us, and absolute power corrupts
] ] absolutely. Human beings are chimpanzees who get crazy
] ] drunk on power. By saying that our leaders are
] ] power-drunk chimpanzees, am I in danger of wrecking the
] ] morale of our soldiers fighting and dying in the Middle
] ] East? Their morale, like so many bodies, is already shot
] ] to pieces. They are being treated, as I never was, like
] ] toys a rich kid got for Christmas
]
] (No, I don't "agree" with this essay. But it is Kurt Vonnegut.
] And it is entertaining.)

Agreed.

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