The Pursuit of Happiness

How can we act this way, watching our liberties wither, sitting silently as one by one the environmental policies of the late-middle 20th century are dismantled, remaining mute as the role of government is auctioned of to private industry (schools, prisons, power generation, water). Does no one care?

No, my friend. No one cares.

What is "freedom" after all if not the means to an end: the pursuit of happiness. No more. No less. You have been fooled by the turbulent times in which you lived, fooled by your own propaganda (and that of your history lessons in school).

My friend, the ultimate good is the "pursuit of happiness", and if there are other means to that end than thru democracy and freedom, those means will serve just fine.

So stand back. Stand back, and hold your tongue, for while you whine about your precious notions of freedom and openness and contemplate your principles and philosophies, people are dancing in the streets. Dancing at the new low cost of a pair of jeans. Dancing at the colors on their digital TVs. Thrilled to shop at the mall carved out of the hill. Thrilled to race home from work at 90 mph on ever-widening lanes of asphalt.

They are happy I tell you, and there simply is no greater good than that.

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