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RE: When Did We Go Crazy as a Society?--When the Victim and the Assailant are the Same Person
Thanks, @stevescoins. I appreciate your thoughtful comments. And they are spot on. I think you've nailed it here. It makes me sad for the world that so many people would rather have the government tell them what to do than make decisions for themselves. When did we surrender our collective adulthood to the state? It boggles the mind, and our more self-reliant ancestors would most definitely not approve.
I used to watch The Simpsons, though I haven't in years. I DO remember "But, who will think of the children!", though. That was almost a national catchphrase for a while.
On a second read, I shouldn't exclusively criticize Americans for wanting that whiffle ball world; that's a pretty universal tendency.
If you get a chance to read Rourke's A Parliament of Whores, I think you'd enjoy it.
Sounds interesting. I'll have to give it a look. Thanks for the tip.
What it comes down to, stevescoins, is that our nation is gradually becoming a Fascist totalitarian police state. Did you ever see the film "Midnight Express"? It was about a young American man locked up abroad in a Turkish prison back in the early 1970s. Turkey was a despotic system back then, and this young man experienced it firsthand behind bars in that country. Our prisons have become just as dangerous as the prisons were in Turkey back in the early 1970s; but our criminal justice system is perfectly okay with it, because it creates fear among Americans on what could happen to them if they defy the state in any shape, way, or form. It's all so disturbing.