Americans like to talk about (or be told about) Democracy but, when put to the test, usually find it to be an 'inconvenience.' We have opted instead for an authoritarian system disguised as a Democracy. We pay through the nose for an enormous joke-of-a-government, let it push us around, and then wonder how all those assholes got in there.
Frank ZappaOf course it's contrived, but once you know how its contrived, you can understand the editorial viewpoint. CNN, for example, when you see where they're really coming from, you can subtract their bias, and get some sort of facts. Sometimes the amount of bias that is imposed in these things is so laughable that it gives you an extra layer of entertainment.
Frank Zappalf youโre going to deal with reality, youโre going to have to make one big discovery: Reality is something that belongs to you as an individual. If you wanna grow up, which most people donโt, the thing to do is take responsibility for your own reality and deal with it on your own terms. Donโt expect that because you pay some money to somebody else or take a pledge or join a club or run down the street or wear a special bunch of clothes or play a certain sport or even drink Perrier water, itโs going to take care of everything for you.
Frank Zappa