10-02-2024, 09:58 AM
(10-02-2024, 07:02 AM)zqwerty Wrote: There's a Mark Twain quote - "Every civilization carries the seeds of its own destruction, and the same cycle shows in them all. The Republic is born, flourishes, decays into plutocracy, and is captured by the shoemaker whom the mercenaries and millionaires make into a king. The people invent their oppressors, and the oppressors serve the function for which they are invented."
He seems to have been right about a great many things, including a dog's opinion of humans - & who could blame them. We are fools & idiots.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)