Every Day of the Civil War is the Fifth of November
It seems everyone really likes making FREEDOM and DEMOCRACY and WE-SIMPLY-MUST-DO-ANYTHING-NECESSARY- TO-STOP-DICTATORS their supremely sovereign gods. How many times do I hear about how much of an "existential threat" some powerful government official will be if he or she gets into some position of authority. Never mind that for several years now people have been childishly using the word existential as if it related to fears about not existing, when it means nothing of the sort. But it is part of the fiercely distended liturgy, so, well. The truth that just about everybody who blaps incessantly about political matters simply refuses to get is that there is no democracy. There is no freedom. There is always an autocracy. Always has been. Always will be. This isn't that those things considered democratic ideals are not desired. Having a say in what happens in your community, even your nation is not a bad thing. Being able to make your own decisions about the value of