Human beings are chimpanzees who get crazy drunk on power. By saying t…

Kurt Vonnegut
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Human beings are chimpanzees who get crazy drunk on power. By saying that our leaders are power-drunk chimpanzees, am I in danger of wrecking the morale of our soldiers fighting and dying in the Middle East? Their morale, like so many bodies, is already shot to pieces. They are being treated, as I never was, like toys a rich kid got for Christmas. ✨ Cold Turkey by Kurt Vonnegut, inthesetimes.com. May 10, 2004.
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