History will not be kind to the people of the United States. We scroll endlessly through our iPhones, binge stale entertainment, and anesthetize ourselves with online gambling, crypto speculation, and relentless consumerism while our culture erodes and our economic and political institutions decay. Future generations will curse us—not for what happened to our country, but for how little we cared.
Aphorisms below that caught my eye and mind and address the insanity of today…
I feel much better, now that I’ve given up hope.
Ashleigh Brilliant
Filling our pockets, we empty our hearts.
Dražen Jergović
Opinions, and not religion, are the opium of the people.
Being open-minded requires a lot of effort. Being narrow-minded is effortless.
Piotr Bardzik
The poor always fight the wars of the rich.
Never hire the best lawyer; the worst judge will be cheaper.
Andrzej Majewski
The truly strong are those who aren’t driven by the need to prove their strength.
Richard Greene
Judge us by how we treat the weak not by how we arm the strong.
Charles R. Castle
To close the deficit we need to raise taxes on 5 out of every 4 Americans.
Oleg Vishnepolsky
The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth.
H.L Mencken
Esot-eric 