It is human nature to seek out people who share our interests.
In the quest for connection, we may join a book club. Or perhaps we sign up for a volleyball team.
Or maybe we enlist in a hellish army of tyrannical thugs who seek to overthrow governments, subjugate minorities, and stomp on the skulls of their enemies.
Hey, whatever works for you.
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All of us know the sting of failure.
Maybe we came up short in the big game, or got passed over for that promotion, or just sucked at trivia night after too many drinks.
But consider the tenacity of Cha Sa-soon, an elderly woman who failed the South Korean drivers’ test 960 times. She spent over $10,000 taking and retaking the test until she finally passed. The woman now holds the world’s record for most failed attempts.
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It’s enough to make you feel bad for William Jennings Bryan.
Of course, you may fuzzily recall this guy’s name from your high school history class. Today, Bryan is remembered for three things:
Giving the Cross of Gold speech, whatever that was.
Looking like a buffoon during the Scopes Monkey Trail.
Becoming the only nominee of a major political party to lose the popular vote three times.
But that last shred of infamy is in serious jeopardy, because the homunculus of racism—Donald Trump—recently announced that he is back, baby, and running for president once more.
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The most disturbing statistic I have seen recently is the following: Trump voters are 50% more likely than Biden voters to be sperm donors.
This creeps me out on a political, cultural, and even biological level.
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