We put innocent people to death. We send drones to bomb innocent families instead of the terrorists we were hoping to target. Oops. Shit happens, I guess. Drug companies and food suppliers provide us with unsafe or adulterated products. I suppose the real solution would be to eliminate the FDA, USDA and all those pesky bureaucrats and silly regulations. While we're at it, abolishing the Consumer Protection Bureau and the SEC should allow the invisible hand of the free market to self-regulate our banks and investment institutions. And no one even blinks at any of this foolishness.

No foreign enemy will bring us down. Willful ignorance will.

"There’s a reason the Constitution begins “We the people . . .” rather than “We the unconnected individuals who couldn’t care less about one another . . . .” - Eugene Robinson