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March 4, 2014

It would be nice if I could believe in heroes and villains. If I could adopt that worldview it would simplify so much. I would love to watch the news and know who was the bad guy and who was the good guy. But, those roles seem to vary from source to source. Who should I believe? The news source whose commercial products I use most often? After all they are the ones sponsoring the news. The heroes and villains each source shows me only exist, to my knowledge, because those sponsors paid for it. Despite my most alcohol-soaked, sociopathic delusions of grandeur, I am not the center of the universe – so how else am I to know what the wider world is up to if not for the news? Odd to think that what can make the difference in a hero or villain depends on insurance, fast food, prescription drugs, automobiles, or toys for my children.

I wonder if monetary greed is a sound measure of a hero or a villain? Does like attract like, or can one villain point to another and become a hero?

~Nick Shamhart