Turning the Clocks Back to the Point at which Honesty Prevailed in American Life

One of the many aspects that made life in 20th Century America pleasant was the fact that most business dealings, as well as most other interpersonal exchanges, were built on a bedrock of honesty.

My business partner and I had clients all over the world, and there were very few moments in all those interchanges in which anyone’s integrity was questioned.

I simply cannot imagine how all this would have gone down in an era where hundreds of Volkswagen’s top people are conspiring to rig a good portion of their 11 million customers’ cars’ emissions, or the brass at Wells Fargo decides it would be a good idea to defraud 2 million of their credit card customers.

Both of these scandals were several years ago; I hate to think how much worse it’s gotten.

Hell, we elected a common criminal to be President of the Effing United States, and the people who voted for him (most of them twice) still support him, even as the justice system is closing in on him with a litany of criminal charges and a $250 million civil suit.

The defense used by the 800+ insurrectionists in defense of their actions on January 6th: the commander-in-chief of the U.S. military ordered me to do that.