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Well Donald Trump and Tik Tok are back. One took four years to return, the other was
gone for less than a day. Their exodus and returns gave millions of people
goose-bumps, either for fear or joy. The two are infamous for making us crazy. Both of
them can incite riots, spout insane-sounding ideas, and show us things that we never
thought we’d ever witness in our lifetimes. They make us laugh, cry, confused, angry or
utterly satisfied with our own sense of superiority over others. They remind me of the old
show “Cops”. We watch the stuff they say, and do, and it makes us feel smarter than the
average person. At least smarter than the thing we’re watching. The problem is that
we’ve elected one to run the country, and we’ve chosen the other to be our number one
distraction.

Humans, in general, liked to be entertained almost above anything else. Way back in
Roman times the emperors used the games in the colosseum to entertain the masses,
even while war and starvation loomed. The politicians lied, cheated and stole from the
people while giving out free bread and passes to see men fight to the death.
Distractions are just as important to the politicians today, and the methods haven’t really
changed all that much. Are EBT and Tik Tok any different? Food, and distractions, in
exchange for the keys to the kingdom.

According to our out-going President, we must be wary of a growing oligarchy
forming in the arena of American politics. I’m wondering how he missed the fact that it’s
been that way long before he was born. In the past two hundred years you could
always follow the big money as it flowed into politics. Groups of rich people have always
manipulated the machinery of government. From the beginning of our nation, it was big
landowners and merchants who influenced the government. The Industrial Revolution
brought railroad and manufacturing tycoons to Washington to help “lobby” politicians to
bend to their will. The Military-Industrial Complex has been directing the arms of

Congress since the end of World War Two. Fun fact: over half of congress are
millionaires. Let’s not forget that you’ve been a politician and elected official since you
were twenty-nine and have a net worth of over ten million dollars. The warning about
oligarchy came a couple of centuries too late, Joe. Thanks.

We can pull our heads out of the sand and find people to govern us that won’t be
dictators or dunces, or we can distract ourselves with things like Tik Tok and let Rome
burn behind us like one of my favorite “leaving work like” memes. It’s our choice.
Republican, Democrat, Independent, liberal, moderate or conservative is a lot less
important than honest, transparent and responsible government that does it’s best to
uphold our constitutional rights and provide for the general welfare of its people. If we
can’t find those people among us, then God help us. At least we still have Tik Toks to
watch.

God bless Y’all.