Well, we had a good run. Well, we had a run, anyway, but something broke in 2009 and the powers that could not cope delivered the country to the billionaires. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bigotry defending wealth. That\u2019s what a majority of voters chose. That\u2019s what a majority of Americans<\/em> chose, either deliberately or through indifference. This is just what America is now, and there\u2019s no denying it, and there\u2019s no fixing it in my lifetime. All we can do is try to keep things from getting worse as quickly as they could, protect the ones we love closest to us, and try to endure, and hope to plant the seeds for those who will come after. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It may be a while before I can think of anything else to say, but there\u2019s nothing complicated about this. This is what America is. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Well, we had a good run. Well, we had a run, anyway, but something broke in 2009 and the powers that could not cope delivered the country to the billionaires. Bigotry defending wealth. That\u2019s what a majority of voters chose. That\u2019s what a majority of Americans chose, either deliberately or through indifference. This is just … <\/p>\n