My main problem with it is that it’s direct violation of the United States Constitution, a document that, until recently, was a pretty big deal here in America.

A minor problem that further kills the deal for me is that I don’t want squads of lawless goons in my quiet little town.

ICE Agents Checking IDs

As suggested at left, Rush Limbaugh made a fortune by sewing hatred into American lives, and he was incredibly good at it.  He convinced tens of millions of U.S. citizens that anything that would not make rich white males richer was communism.

Following in his footsteps certainly does appear to be an essential guarantee of wealth.

Charlie Kirk, as an example, was a college dropout who was on a conveyor belt to selling used cars until it dawned on him that selling hate was one hell of a lot easier that hiding defects from car-buyers.

What We Can Learn from the Life and Death of Rush Limbaugh

The words at left come from late-20th Century philosopher and ethnobotanist Terence McKenna.

His observation here echoes those of many other intellectuals who have pondered who it’s possible that an extremely intelligent species can make such poor decisions when it comes to governance.

The problem, I believe, is that intelligence isn’t the only characteristic–or even the main one–that drives the way we elect our leaders and get along with others.  Our tribalism and greed are far more important to how human beings behave in groups.

How Human Beings form Societies