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It's quite fitting that we have Zaphod Beeblebrox clones in both Nr 10 and the White House.
by radicalbyte 7y ago
It's quite fitting that we have Zaphod Beeblebrox clones in both Nr 10 and the White House.
- A4ET8a8uTh0 7y agoI always thought that the fragment about presidency being there to distract people from real power was ridiculously spot on.
- radicalbyte 7y agoDouglas Adams had a great example at home with the Royal Family. It really hit him when I went to America and was exposed to the media. Television there is in this perpetual state of total war, it's as if the news programs have to compete with the adverts for time and attention. On a slow news day you'd wake up there would be some loud fat man screaming about how the President had cornflakes for breakfast instead of Sugar Puffs. Thankfully they'd break after 30 seconds for another 20 minutes of loud and colourful commercials for various opiates with funky names (but the same active ingredient).
- 76543210 7y agoI agree. Do we know the actual rulers? I'm thinking a few Russians who gave Trump loans and owners of American steel companies, but I'm not sure who the specific billionaires are.
- mattkevan 7y agoI do hope the true ruler of things turns out to be an old bloke in a hut with no interest in anything beyond a vague affection for his (possibly imaginary) cat. Otherwise we’re really in trouble.
- foobar1962 7y ago> an old bloke in a hut Wasn't he OUTSIDE the hut?
- hcs 7y agoPerhaps you're thinking of Wonko the Sane, who lived Outside of the Asylum.
- foobar1962 7y agoYes indeed. Thanks.
- sn41 7y agoJose Mujica almost fits the decription. BTW I don't think he was very good overall.
- bloodorange 7y agoAt least Zaphod was charming at times.
- sedatk 7y ago"Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made president, should on no account be allowed to do the job."