Normally, I prefer to put together a whole thread of DU comments at once, but sometimes there is a single quote that is so magnificent that it deserves its own post. This is such a quote....

Chimpy McCokespoon: Don't you get it? "Successful" American lifestyle = oppression of somebody, somewhere.

You can lie to yourself all you want. But you know this to be true. You live off the fat of an empire. You can at least have the common decency to admit it. If you continue to ignore this then you are a part of the problem.