I have been fascinated by the AMC mini series "The Hatfield and McCoys." What I found so fascinating was how closely this resembled the current political bloviating going on. Will this current political trajectory end up with our killing each other? I certainly hope not. But I can see it coming. The discourse has become too shrill and strident. At some point, it cannot be turned back and we are quickly approaching that time.
I blame it all on Bill Gates, the Microsoft guy. He set the whole thing in motion. Technology is killing democracy. We are loosing our ability to think. If you doubt me, go on newsvine.com and read some of the commentary. Some of these people are freaking nuts. People who should never have had the ability to express their opinions are now expressing them and a lot of theses people are really scary.
Texting is the final nail in the coffin. We have created our own Tower of Babel. Soon, no one will be able to understand anything that is said. We will no longer speak English, we will speak Text. Think there are misunderstandings now--wait till Text becomes our new language.
Mark my words, democracy will never survive the race to the bottom of the intellectual barrel. Although, maybe that won't be all that bad.
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