"People chose not to leave. That's their business," says anthropomorphic sewage.

In a more civilized era, someone like Ross Wilson would be sent to do penance for the rest of his life.

In ours, he will still enjoy the cocktail circuit.

Because in America's death throes, no one important ever gets fired. 

Instead, we have a weekly Two Minutes Hate where we digitally scream at some nonentity bad actor who was recorded saying or doing something bad.

Aren't we great?

The harsh people who will have to pick up the pieces of this continental clusterf--k will no doubt be a nasty lot. But they cannot possibly be worse than the leadership cadres--public and private--which run the show now.