Morgan Freeman: “TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK!” What the f--k is that?

[Half-Century Man]

35. Mr. Freeman is on my very short list of people I'd like to meet someday.

I think he is a fine actor who can pick very good roles.


What I think is interesting is the idea that conservatives keep saying they are trying to preserve or return us to a way of life which never actually existed. This public devotion to some fantastical historical ideal is a very old phenomenon of the conservative mind. On the surface, Medieval Europe treasured the tales of King Arthur and Camelot; the place where Chivalry was most pure. In practical terms, they wielded power to enrich themselves at the cost of anyone weaker then them. The antisepses of the code of Chivalry. And now as then, the ones who bear the brunt of the cost and the dying is the serfs controlled by the ones vying to preserve the fantasy.