tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post100665622640823958..comments2024-03-28T18:32:05.933-04:00Comments on bensozia: Jack Cade, the Earl of Trump, and the Sheriff of Milwaukee CounttyJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-35608470058936573102016-10-19T16:15:52.996-04:002016-10-19T16:15:52.996-04:00"I think the feelings that drive some angry A...<i>"I think the feelings that drive some angry Americans are age old: an insistence that every wrong is a crime for which someone must be punished, and a refusal to accept that sometimes things just go badly. A conviction that the success or failure of the nation's armies is a reflection of the moral character of the rulers. A belief that real justice is something different from what courts and lawyers produce. And a longing for a great king, who is also a man of the common people, to come and save us from our woes."</i><br /><br />Basically certain people grow up hearing fairy tales, and never learn to distinguish them from reality.<br /><br />How many medieval knights grew up hearing tales of chivalric deeds and the court of the majestic King Arthur, only to eventually find that the actual workings of feudal life were full of highly questionable and entirely non-chivalrous behavior?<br /><br />How many modern Americans grew up watching films full of gung-ho macho "cowboy" figures who ride into other people's complex situations and neatly sort them out by winning over the "good guys" to their side with swaggering confidence and charisma, and beating the "bad guys" with nothing more than gruff determination and a healthy dose of casual violence?<br /><br />Is it any wonder that when real world problems can't be sorted out quickly and simply, many Americans respond by thinking we just need to send in a hero figure to take charge, win over the "good guys", beat the "bad guys", cleanly tie up all loose ends and solve all problems to everyone's satisfaction, and then ride off into the sunset while the grateful common folk see him off with cheers, waves, and an uplifting epic soundtrack?G. Verlorennoreply@blogger.com