The DiploMad 2.0: The Big “Shutdown”: So Much About So Little; So Little About So Much.
A seemingly infinite number of stories (I won’t link to them, you can find them easily enough) are discussing the “shutdown” in breathless terms. It’s a phony “shutdown.” The government, read the politically motivated masters of our executive branch, are closing down activities which make no sense to close but which draw lots of public notice. They, for example, shut down the World War II Monument in DC, putting up barricades and Park Police to keep tourists out, when the Monument, essentially an outdoor plaza, easily could have been left open at much less cost than closing it: it takes more police to prevent an activity than to allow it.
The Diplomad closes with the philosophical slam dunk…
That is the real tragedy of what we are seeing played out on TV sets and on the other media outlets: the obsession with government. The government, simply, should not matter to our lives the vast majority of the time.
Amen.
