Politics, Long Speeches and Fighting the Desire to Fall Deeply Asleep

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I remember reading news articles about Fidel Castro, the head of Communist Cuba for years and years, who would speak for hours.

Exhorting his citizens to do more, and appreciate more of the things only he was doing to save the country from the rest of the world.

All of it done in the heat of a subtropical day with everyone trying hard, really hard, to not fall asleep.

It’s funny how the same message gets repeated, in different languages, at different times, all with the same objective.

Listen to me and only me.

These are scary times. But what tends to be even scarier aren’t the words being said, but those applauding them.

They shouldn’t be. Not then. Not now.

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