The Last Banana

A kiss before drying
"It has become appalling obvious that our technoloy has exceeded our humanity." That quote is attributed to Albert Einstein, who died in 1955. Way before reality TV. And he never even read "God & George W. Bush, a spiritual life" by Paul Kengor. If he had, he might have killed himself before coming up with the theory of realitivity, and where would we be now? Probably in just as shitty a place as we are. But what about "Confessions of an Economic Hitman" by John Perkins? That should be required reading. But it won't be. Ignorance is power. Slavery is freedom. War is peace. You know the drill.
The Orientalist, by Tom Reiss. The true story of a Russian Jew who escapes to Germany after the revolution and became a best selling author. Marries a rich chick. She dumps him. Discovered as a jew when recruited to become Musolini's biographer. Rough life. Class IS what it's all about. I feel sorry for the rich. It is they who suffer the most when the pendulum swings the other way, and the poor get sick of being pissed on. The poor are used to suffering. The rich are not. Boo Hoo.
And lastly, "What We Knew" by Johnson & Reuband. Terror, Mass Murder, & Everyday Life in Nazi Germany. Apparently your average german suffered so much after WWI that Hitler seemed like a good idea at the time. Well, shucks. Could that be a sneek peek into our future? I wonder how bad things will get? Tighten your seat belt, it's gonna be a bumpy ride.