The political situation in this country has degraded so far it’s become a game that any 5 year old would recognize:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A: I’m gonna do [thing]!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
B: You can’t do that!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A: Yes I can!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
B: No you can’t; it’s against the rules!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A: Well I changed the rules!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
B: You can’t do that!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A: Yes I can!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
…repeat ad nauseam<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nuh-uh! \/ Yeah huh! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"federated","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[591,592,567,19,385,422,421],"class_list":["post-6329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-society","tag-behavior","tag-childish","tag-fascism","tag-government","tag-politics","tag-tyranny","tag-united-states","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-1E5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6390,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2025\/05\/28\/no-more-the-way-things-were\/","url_meta":{"origin":6329,"position":0},"title":"No More “The Way Things Were”","author":"Keith Survell","date":"May 28, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"There is no changing the fact that all of this has happened. 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