No, We Can’t Just Leave Assholes Alone Anymore
They haven’t left us alone.
Apparently, it’s fine to be an asshole.
We think they’re not bothering anyone. There’s no point in calling them out. Trying makes you a buzzkill. The best thing to do is just leave them alone, and get back to thinking about how lucky we are to live in a country where everyone has the right to be a giant prick.
Hey, that’s how I used to think.
Then something changed. Left unchallenged, assholes took over America — along with most of the world. Now this class of assholes dominates our politics. They steer our economies. They run our media. They dole out promotions to other assholes, and punish anyone for trying to do the right thing. They tell us what to do and how to think. Now they’re even trying to tell us how to vote, and how to love.
If we speak up, they say things like, “Hey, it could be worse. At least you don’t live in North Korea or Turkey.”
Well, not yet.
We underestimate the power of assholes.
A lot of people justify their complacency by excusing assholes and their behavior. They’ll tell themselves it’s just one. It’s just one nutjob politician, or just one moron with a podcast — or just one clueless girl on…
