THE MANDATE OF THE ULTRA-HARRIERS JERRY AND SAM · TO THE
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No reason to do your job
Chapter 8
For example, the whole constitution of the Most Chosen Nation on Earth is based on one overridingly important principle,
2dNamely, the principle that nobody can be trusted,
3Which used to make people take a pretty active interest in politics;
4Because of all the things they didn’t trust,
5eGovernment was the thing they didn’t trust the most.
6fBut then things changed,
7gBecause they finally figured out that he thing they didn’t trust the most was each other,
8Which is when they decided that it was the government’s job to watch over everyone,
9And especially the ones they didn’t trust the most,
10hLike the rich capitalists who might steal everybody else’s money if they weren’t held in check,
11iAnd the poor losers who might get violent and destroy everything if their basic needs weren’t taken care of.
12And that’s when the government hired a whole bunch of people like you to do the watching,
13Which has worked out great,
14Because now that they don’t want to think about anything at all,
15jThey kind of have to trust you,
16Unless they’re willing to get involved themselves,
17Which isn’t likely to happen,
18Anytime soon.
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