The Banality Of Evil

Seems benign and simple and humility-inducing, doesn't it?

But to be sure, for some who trade in this kinda thing, there's actually an implied threat.

"Quit yer bitchin' and be happy with the scraps from our table - we could always make it worse you - is that what you want?"

One of the things we're supposed to have learned from the history and the lived experience of our brown brothers and sisters is that we're not required to be satisfied with whatever shitty circumstances we're caught in just because somebody else's circumstances are even shittier.

"How do we justify paying $400 for an Epi-Pen when there are homeless suicidal veterans on our streets?"

That may sound reasonable until you take the time to dissect it, and realize the intent is to set us up to be each other's enemies. People with life-threatening allergies should not be in a fight with veterans over resources that are being subjected to arbitrary and artificial limits.

The "enemies" are the cynical manipulators of public sentiment, funded by plutocratic rent-seeking leeches, and their armies of coin-operated politicians.

We can't fight the good fight if we keep falling for this divide-n-conquer bullshit all the time.