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Cold Turkey
Topic: Society 9:57 am EDT, May 25, 2004

] 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.)

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