Addicted junkies and the politics of hate
Hunter S. Thompson was quite right when he likened politics to addiction and those who obsess over it to the emaciated and mindless slaves such habits produce.
“Not everybody is comfortable with the idea that politics is a guilty addiction. But it is. They are addicts, and they are guilty, and they do lie and cheat and steal — like all junkies. And when they get in a frenzy, they will sacrifice anything and anybody to feed their cruel and stupid habit, and there is no cure for it.” — Hunter S…
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