Spaw - That is the most gloriously true post I think I have ever read on Mudcat. I like you when you're funny, but when you're serious you are amazing.

We are indeed all ruled by oligarchies, big gangs, masquerading as defenders of freedom. "Like Judas of old they lie and deceive..."

Now he worships at the altar
Of a stagnant pool
And when he sees his reflection, he's fulfilled.
Man is opposed to fair play
He wants it all and he wants it his way
But there's a woman on my block
She just sits there in a cold chill
She says "Who's gonna take away his license to kill?"

Above quotes from Dylan. The woman might just as well be Mother Nature...

The big gang that rules the USA cynically divides its people into following 2 official parties (tools of the oligarchy), then sets them at each others' throats every 2 to 4 years, then walks away with the riches, and throws the public a few crumbs. Divide and conquer.

Democracy, indeed. Hah! Just give them enough TV and consumer goods and mindless entertainment to keep them pacified (like the Roman mob), and the game goes on and on...while Eden burns. Orwell only glimpsed the possibilities.

- LH