Thursday, March 28, 2019

We are what we assimilate

I was binge watching the entertainment series Breaking Bad the other day, and since then have been having laughing fits about this quote by character Jesse Pinkman:


"Did you know that there's an acceptable level of rat turds that can go into candy bars? It's the government, jack. Even government doesn't care that much about quality. You know what is okay to put in hot dogs? Huh? Pig lips and assholes. But I say, hey, have at it bitches 'cause I love hot dogs."


Bravo.  Exactamundo.   This is sublime.   He has no power over the meat processing industry or over the government.  He has no stake in anyone's diet except, possibly, his own, and that choice may be invalidated through scarcity or contamination.   What if one's only food choice, either on the road or, maybe, in jail, is limited to meat products made of pig bung?   


The speech is analogous to the human condition.   It isn't merely hot dogs that are made of assholes.  So's Congress.   The ruling corporate oligarchy is composed of pig assholes.  Or are the assholes pigs?   You decide.   I'd like to demurr.





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