In his classic examination of the U.S. government, “Parliament of Whores,” P.J. O’Rourke included a section titled “The Three Branches of Government: Money, Television and Bullshit.”
If P.J. were writing what he called his “Devil’s Civics Text” today, his three branches might be the Fed, the Supreme Court, and social media.
The Fed decides which of your dreams you won’t be able to afford as it arranges soft landings for Wall Street. The Supremes decide which ones won’t come true at any price, unless you’re one of their deep-pockets pals. And then everybody hollers about it all on social media, which seems to be one-third Nazis, one-third child molesters, and one-third people who just like to watch.
Money, television and bullshit are still very much with us, of course. P.J. is not, more’s the pity. I’m thinking we could all use a good chuckle right about now.
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Do you ever watch any of the Trea Crowder ‘Liberal Redneck’ shorts on YouTube? That guy is hilarious.
No, I haven’t scoped him out. I’ll toddle over and have a peek. And thanks for the tip.
Money, TV, and bullshit with the fourth “deep state” branch being social media.
Congress is even more a parliament of whores now than it was when PJ wrote the book. And the SCOTUS is even worse, have enough money and you can get whatever rulings you want.