It doesn’t really matter if this is fact or ficiton. It doesn’t even matter if you read the whole thing. It only matters that you read and understand this paragraph:
Democracy as a government relies upon the ability of factions to compromise on divisive issues through rational debate instead of violence. The current political power brokers have figured out how to short circuit this process by focusing national attention on issues which are based on differences of non-negotiable, irrational moral sentiment, and are thus not subject to resolution through rational reconciliation. They’ve broken democracy.
And it matters that you think about it for a while. And it really matters that you decide to do something about it.
yep | 13-Apr-06 at 9:44 pm | Permalink
My taxes are due.
Lono | 18-Apr-06 at 3:35 pm | Permalink
Fiction..
But a very amusing read none the less… There were a few tells – but what’s really sad is that it is such a good hoax because it is completely and utterly believable!
(well all but the Bush not swearing bit – quite a bit has come out about his fits of obscenity laden rage amongst WH staffers – and I have seen him swear in an interview)
I think the quote you took from it was dead-on however.
Methinks it’s gonna take a revolution to get this “house” back in order…