George Carlin said it best many, many years ago before I was born.

"This country was founded on a double standard. It was founded by a group of slave owners who wanted to be free."

Now, obviously, this country has come a very, very long way since those times. The double standard still applies though. It just tends to favor the ruling class of this country or at least those who have enough money to buy off their favorite politicians or buy their get out of jail card.

You can say whatever you want about this country. That's your right. And it's a beautiful aspect of this place. However, it doesn't absolve the fact that we're being manipulated yearly and our "democracy" is really just a Plutocracy at the end of the day.

The only reason most of us have not ran out into the streets yet and started giving these politicians and crooks "the business" is because we have a job that's tolerable enough to sustain a decent way of life that we deem well enough and acceptable enough to maintain.

Even when it gets tough. I get to go home or go to a store to pick up a sixer or a little smoke to dull my brain, flip on a TV show and dull my brain some more with mindless entertainment. Hate to be "that guy". But, do most of you really feel... FREE? I mean, is this the best we can do?

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