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War  ·  3278 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Where The Wild Votes Are (OC) - Apologies to Maurice Sendak

    and cast their marks for him as the new U. S. King.

This line really resonated with me. This growing illusion that the president has monarchical power over the U.S. government is just foolish, yet we have these candidates in debates and platforms increasing the use of "I." They act as if they are the panacea for all that ails the U.S. it's one big a illusion that is force fed to the public election after election.

This was an amazing piece of work, truly.