RT: @PhilipProudfoot I want there to be a day when I don’t have to share this speech anymore

[zackpolanski@mastox.eu]

RT: @PhilipProudfoot I want there to be a day when I don’t have to share this speech anymore

[gimulnautti@mastodon.green]

@ZackPolanski So short is the memory of man, and so strong is the flame of pleasure derived from violence.
Again, men came to power with promises to fix the working people’s problems, but delivered nothing.
Again, to hide that they didn’t, they’re offering quick hits of dopamine in the form of bombs and explosions as panacea.
But it’s never enough. You need bigger bombs and explosions to keep you distracted from your lot in life not getting any better!

[beaufils@mastodon.social]

@ZackPolanski When was it?

[walfischbucht@norden.social]

@beaufils

1998

@ZackPolanski

[knowprose@mastodon.social]

@ZackPolanski I remember watching this from across the pond, having just gotten out of the US Navy and working for a DOD contractor.

It stuck. Seeing it again after almost 30 years... wow.

Thanks.

[rmblaber1956@mastodon.social]

@ZackPolanski A terrific speech, from a great man, sorely missed. I agree with every word of it.

[beaufils@mastodon.social]

@walfischbucht @ZackPolanski

Thanks

[commonsparrow@mindly.social]

@ZackPolanski
I despair of hearing anything this passionate and pointed from anyone in the US Congress today. I'm boosting this so we can all hear words we ought to be hearing right now - and are not.