(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Never have so many, given so much, for so little [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-07-02 “Never was so much owed by so many to so few.” Winston Churchill, about the RAF in World War II: Never have so many, given so much, for so little. Description of American elites 2024. Members of the Republican Party, business leaders, the press, the courts, American elites, you have given up your power for . . . what. Sorry Republicans the word Quisling is taken. You won’t even be remembered as a curse. You won’t be remembered for anything. Nothing. At. All. Those Republicans fighting to be a Vice President even more obsequious to Trump than Mike Pence. (MORE OBSEQUIOUS THAN MIKE PENCE: FOR GOD’S SAKE, THINK ABOUT THAT.) You will be just as famous as Franz von Papen and Manea Mănescu. Don’t worry, just because he literally tried to kill his former Vice President, ON TV, he won’t turn on you. You’ll find a way to serve his every need. You may even be allowed to retire. You’re damn smart, you’ll figure how to bend the knee enough. John Roberts, your court will be remembered just as ol’ whatisname under Pinochet. (I did a quick search and literally couldn’t find whoever ran the “courts” under Pinochet. Mike Pence, Ted Cruz, J.D. Hawley, Tim Scott, et. al please, you may dream of being Goering and Goebbels, but, just, no. You’re not worthy of cleaning Incitatsus’ stable. Elon Musk, Koch brothers (or just brother now), Harlan Crow, corporate leaders giving to Republicans. You’ll be remembered just like: Ravil Maganov, Igor Nosov, Vasily Melnikov. But, hey, you’re smart enough to keep ahead of the madman with all the powers of the military and intelligence services. Yeah, I like your chances, after all, you got to be so rich, not because you inherited a bunch of money and the laws made it damn near impossible for you to lose it. No, you’re rich because of how much smarter and more nimble you are than everyone else. You just need a pure meritocracy, exactly like that found in dictatorships all across the globe, to really flourish. Let that be the last thing through your mind as you plummet out a window and you see the rapidly approaching ground. And the press, the only profession mentioned in the Constitution. Maybe, after 8 effing years of Trump you would figure out how to cover him. Talking about her emails, Biden’s dog, and glossing over the “vermin” comments to get clicks may not have been the best approach. But, you go on, rely on the Constitution to protect you, after all, I’m sure if you go from journalist to propagandist they r won’t continue (CONTINUE, FOR GOD’S SAKE) to view you as enemies of the people. Why don’t you keep trying to get that ever elusive conservative audience. Just go a little more to the right. The clicks will absolutely be worth it. All it takes is giving up just a little bit more of your journalist ethics. Sure, at times, he turns on Fox News, but, when you show him how conservative and consistently loyal you are, why only a fool would turn on you. I’m with Sotomayor and I’m with Biden. And I dissent. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/7/2/2250803/-Never-have-so-many-given-so-much-for-so-little?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=latest_community&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/