History tells us that the skeptical American people are easily conned when confronted with the promises of politicians. In 2016,the hairstyles may absorb changed but the schtick remains the sameThen I’ll get on my knees and prayWe don’t get fooled again. For most of history we had an excuse. Emperors, pharaohs, and czars,kings, queens, and sultans,sheiks, they descended on us via peremptory power structures and the vagaries of genetics. whether the king was a warmongering dolt or half-crazy egomaniac, or it wasnt our,the people’s, fault. The best we could do was retain our heads down and suffer as God almighty seemed to want us to. Occasionally there would be regime change, and a new family of dolts and psychotics in charge,but for the mud-dwellers of the 99%, life was largely a cowering slog through the nether regions of obedience.
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Source: theguardian.com