A shortened version of this article should appear as an editorial in the same media that pumps out this bile so those consuming it might pry open their brains a little, but alas, that's not the system we have. Russia may arrest those with inconvenient views -- Julian Assange style -- while we here in the shining towers of democracy are subjected to CIA handouts provided by mega corporations and labeled as right wingers, racists, misogynists, and Jew-haters if we stray from the party line.
Thomas Friedman is what happens when you have a system in place that rewards all the wrong things in society. Our presidential elections are another.
A shortened version of this article should appear as an editorial in the same media that pumps out this bile so those consuming it might pry open their brains a little, but alas, that's not the system we have. Russia may arrest those with inconvenient views -- Julian Assange style -- while we here in the shining towers of democracy are subjected to CIA handouts provided by mega corporations and labeled as right wingers, racists, misogynists, and Jew-haters if we stray from the party line.
Thomas Friedman is what happens when you have a system in place that rewards all the wrong things in society. Our presidential elections are another.
Oof, this article didn't age well