Re: politics
PROBLEMS
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We have problems.
Many problems.
Serious problems.
But those in a position to solve them
prefer to write their memoirs.
Their fathers and grandfathers wrote memoirs.
Now it’s their turn.
*
Why memoirs?
The obvious answer must be,
to misrepresent and explain their failures
as triumphs of creative thinking.
To convince themselves and their readers
they are not to blame.
They did their utmost.
They did what was expected of them
as selfless servants of the community
and as men of vision.
*
And if you believe that,
you will believe anything!
*
When self-assessed smart operators
are defeated in battle,
they call it moral victory.
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PROBLEMS
******************************
We have problems.
Many problems.
Serious problems.
But those in a position to solve them
prefer to write their memoirs.
Their fathers and grandfathers wrote memoirs.
Now it’s their turn.
*
Why memoirs?
The obvious answer must be,
to misrepresent and explain their failures
as triumphs of creative thinking.
To convince themselves and their readers
they are not to blame.
They did their utmost.
They did what was expected of them
as selfless servants of the community
and as men of vision.
*
And if you believe that,
you will believe anything!
*
When self-assessed smart operators
are defeated in battle,
they call it moral victory.
#
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