In These Times

People will say this is hyperbole; sadly, it is not when you can get outside of yourself and mentally envision what this country looks like to others. Sometimes you can just trust your instincts: mine say we've slowly turned into a stinking, self-absorbed, lawless, and cruel piece of crap, a narcissistic country that was fundamentally flawed from the beginning, with its "freedom" only for rich, white males until it was forced to recognize other inhabitants with no rights whatsoever--and threw us a bone. It's the rare person who really thinks for her- or himself; most can't take the criticism hurled their …

Posted to Citizen Gore Vidal