But a banana republic doesn’t happen overnight; it’s a sensibility, and it’s difficult to mark the precise point at which a free society decays into something less respectable.
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It’s a Frog in the Pot thing.
"Truer words"...the question being, how do we get the "Frog" out of the "Pot" before we're all reduced to tasting "just like chicken"??!!
I'd laugh if it wasn't so un-funny! :(