COLLECTIVE MADNESS
“Soft despotism is a term coined by Alexis de Tocqueville describing the state into which a country overrun by "a network of small complicated rules" might degrade. Soft despotism is different from despotism (also called 'hard despotism') in the sense that it is not obvious to the people."
What is written is written, whit.
ReplyDeleteTurn the page, already.
It's not sun spots and such that control the climate, it is all about Chevy Tahoes in suburbia and flatulence of cattle.
The story has already been written.
It's in the Library of Congress, nonfiction section.
Lost control of the language.
With some folks more concerned with the symbols than the percieved content.
When we all know that perception shapes personal realities. The purpose of any symbol is to convey a message, if the message is conveyed, the symbolism is a success.
The psuedo science propagated by the PBS Intellectuals have done that, quite well, really. Shaped perceptions.
The purpose of creating any character is to engage the reader.
Through the use of simple symbolism.
That may be rat, but I can still keep kicking.
ReplyDeleteWe all can.
ReplyDelete(except 'Rat, of course.)