One day, students will pore over a volume of the most consequential oratory in US history. From Patrick Henry ("Give me liberty or give me death!") to Lincoln's second inaugural, to MLK's "I have a dream" ... and then they'll come across this one. aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/11…
And these kids will look at each other, in bewilderment.
They'll grasp immediately that the guy was psychotic. But they won't have the faintest clue how it came to pass that a psychotic guy had been the President for four full years.
They'll grasp immediately that the guy was psychotic. But they won't have the faintest clue how it came to pass that a psychotic guy had been the President for four full years.
They'll conclude it was just one of those weird things that happened in long-ago history. Like drawing and quartering. Or trials for witchcraft. But they shouldn't. This should be taught as a cautionary tale to every generation of students, everywhere, forever.
It can happen to you.
No matter what your society is like, or how rational you think it is.
You're capable of going fully, 100 percent psycho.
No matter what your society is like, or how rational you think it is.
You're capable of going fully, 100 percent psycho.
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