Lessons from Our Ancestors

Virtually all Americans, and plenty of people elsewhere around the world, can recite vast passages from the 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz.”

When the Scarecrow laments his condition, Dorothy responds that, if somehow a brain could be conferred on him, “With the thought’s you’d be thinkin’ you could be another Lincoln if you only had a brain.”

This should give us all pause.

In 1939, the United States was just about to enter the Second World War repel to fight European fascism.  Take a moment to think how Donald Trump and his hateful, stupid blathering would have been regarded at the time, and what an utter fool and asshole he’d be correctly regarded as.

Yes, these were simpler times, but they were dominated by people who could actually think.  There’s a lot to be said for that.