Louis CK: If you vote for Hillary you're a grownup; if you vote for Trump you're a sucker; if you don't vote for anyone, you're an asshole."

"I am voting for Hillary, because she is a mother. And we need that in the White House, because a mother: she DOES it! She gets shit done! We need a tough bitch mother who nobody likes. So,  If you vote for Hillary you're a grownup; if you vote for Trump you're a sucker; if you don't vote for anyone, you're an asshole."

Erich Kästner: Der November

Ach, dieser Monat trägt den Trauerflor ...
Der Sturm ritt johlend durch das Land der Farben.
Die Wälder weinten. Und die Farben starben.
Nun sind die Tage grau wie nie zuvor.
Und der November trägt den Trauerflor.

Der Friedhof öffnete sein dunkles Tor.
Die letzten Kränze werden feilgeboten.
Die Lebenden besuchen ihre Toten.
In der Kapelle klagt ein Männerchor.
Und der November trägt den Trauerflor.

Was man besaß, weiß man, wenn man's verlor.
Der Winter sitzt schon auf den kahlen Zweigen.
Es regnet, Freunde, und der Rest ist Schweigen.
Wer noch nicht starb, dem steht es noch bevor.
Und der November trägt den Trauerflor ...

Cynical about politics? Don't flatter yourself (when you're just lazy)

"Republicans have one path to victory in this election and that's false equivalency. They can't deny that Trump is horrible - it's on tape. So they want voters to believe that Hillary is just as bad. And in pursuit of this goal they have a very powerful ally: lazy people. 

People who like to say "They're ALL bad!" Because when you say that, you don't have to do any homework. Say "They're ALL the same", and then you can sound justafiably jaded by the entire process when really you just don't know anything.  

You say you're cynical about politics? Don't flatter yourself! Cynicism comes when you know too much. You on the other hand haven't bother to learn anything. Which Americans, by the way, are capable of. 

Noam Chomsky once observed that when he listens to a sports call-in-show he said "it's plain that quite a high degree of thought and analysis is going into that. People know all sorts of complicated details. On the other hand, when I hear people talk about say international affairs or domestic problems it's at a level of superficiality that's beyond believe. In other words: We're not clueless, we just apply our brainpower to bullshit! 

It's true! Before people go out for a Taco they will spend an hour on YELP in searching for the most authentic one - all for something that will be out of your body in 15 minutes. People will use six different websites to get a plane ticket for a weekend trip but they don't care who runs the world the next four years!?" 

Bill Maher

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