We’re number one?
Watching TSA employees at Sea-Tac airport in casual conversation with one another as they mechanically Just Follow Orders, inflicting pointless indignities on travelers, performing inane rituals that accomplish nothing useful at all, and blowing millions of tax dollars out their asses, I fume silently, meditate on the phrase “the banality of evil,” and wonder: of the things that made America great, what remains?
Individual liberty? Nope.
Commitment to justice? Nope.
Fair, democratic elections? Nope.
An effective military? Nope.
A robust economy? A level economic playing field? Nope. Nope.
Freedom of speech? Of the press? Of worship? Nope. Nope. Nope.
Oh well, at least we still have jingoism. We’re number one!
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