Let's Call it a Day

People have been predicting the fall of Western civilization for a long, long time. Every new affront to the status quo is hailed as another precursor to the eventual ruination of society.

Well, I'm tired of waiting. I say, let's tear this bitch down already.

Are there things to like about America and Europe? Sure. I enjoy both cheeseburgers and castles. But it seems like there's a lot more to dislike. I guess I'm part of the Hate America crowd or something.

But I don't hate America. That's stupid. I just hate all the choices we've made. It's like we kept the bad stuff and changed the good things just enough to make it all shitty.

I think free speech was a good idea, but we've really let that go. Free speech used to be the power to float ideas out into the marketplace and the freedom to tell unpopular truths. Nowadays? Not so much. We're fighting against truth and freedom and the only safe thing to say is the same thing over and over and over again, no matter how wrong.

Capitalism started out OK, too. But we left it alone too much. Over time, you think we'd evolve past the idea that whatever makes the most money must be the right thing to do. I'm not saying it's bad to turn a profit. Far from it. I just think we have to consider what price higher profits have back home. You know, I'd buy an American car -- even one that wasn't as good as a Japanese car -- if I thought I was actually helping Americans. Sadly, that's not the way it works. Hell, a lot of Japanese cars are built over here now. Who cares if the CEO is in Japan? I want your everday Americans getting paid to put that shit together.

And politics -- you know, it's just depressing. What, in the last 30 years, would you be glad to see again? Anything? If I have to hear another Hillary-vs.-Obama press release debate, I'm liable to just vote None of the Above. (Thanks, Richard Pryor!)

No, we've had our time. It was fun while it lasted. But I say we pack it in and get this over with. Besides, it will be fun for future archeologists to look at our failed experiment through the eyes of old TMZ broadcasts. What is muddied for us will be clear to them -- The reason we disappeared is that we deserved it.