The "Arshole" Factor

Have you ever noticed that political & business leaders the world over tend to be complete arseholes, I have. Furthermore, being a complete arsehole seems to be a prerequisite to even aspiring to such positions.

"The Dalai Lama for president!" Not bloody likely.

"Mahatma Gandhi CEO of IBM!" Get your hand off it.

"Some complete mindless prick who’d sell his mother into slavery for a few extra votes!" Sound familiar?

"Some right heartless bastard who gets his pleasure from torturing small furry animals!" The perfect man for the job, decisive, dynamic.

Want to be a king of business? Want to be a political leader?

If you can fuck people over with impunity from conscience

Never considering their humanity.

If you can fraudulently send innocents to their death

And ignore all value outside the pragmatic.

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Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,

And--which is more--you'll be an Arsehole, my son!

Roger Krippler