Ted Rall for March 05, 2007
Transcript:
Oblivitocracy (Man: Inaction on brussels-halle-vilvoorde has gone too far!) (Woman: To the barricades, Vlamingen!!) In other nations, people are expected to remain informed about politics and current events. Informed citizens can hold their leaders accountable. Americans, on the other hand. Are too busy working and watching TV to keep up with the news. We outsource the government to politicians and assume they'll do a good job. (Man 2: Someone'll take care of it.) We're absentee landlords.) Every few years, we discover that they've trashed the joint. (Man 1: Whaaaaat?!) We freak out. Fire the bastards and put in new ones to clean the mess. Then we sink back into obliviousness. (Woman 2: It may not be a perfect system, but no one's ever outsourced a better one!) (Man 4: "system"?)