The CNN news streamer this morning featured the following sentences, in sequence:
"Elderly men in Mexico to receive free Viagra, Cialis, and Levitra."
and
"Mexican government states 'Everyone has the right to be happy.'"
Sidestepping the obvious, that the Mexican government statement is mistaken, even with the worst translation in the world (although I suppose they can't say "Everyone has the right to an erection," when half the populace is left out), I found reading this strangely liberating.
I finally decided I felt more at peace with my own country after that, having just survived the brutal, frantic idiocy that was the presidential campaign by sedulously ignoring it as much as possible. It's just good to be reminded that any other government can be just as removed from reality, and as disposed to make policy that completely misallocates resources.
"Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule."
- Friederich Nietzsche
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