Writers Orwell and Kafka have been named extensively in the past weeks to highlight aspects of our governments, plural, all encompassing, in their quest for equality.
We are all equal as suspects.
Or are we?
Maybe our curious snoopers are given "do not store lists", wouldn't that be a scoop. The phone numbers of Congress and some less dangerous individuals go to the the NSA and their records are filtered out.
We do not know, and - as for the K-Landnews - we don't give a F****.
One writer who was not mentioned is Mr. Kishon. Read up on his pieces about how government decisions are made, how major construction projects are conducted, and weep.
References to trade unions make some of his writings a little dated, sure, but the rest is as relevant today as in the past.
Had the Germans read his piece about the canal, they might have a better handle on the world's most expensive train station and that spaceport in Berlin, Germany.
Give a copy of his piece on budget decisions to every member of congress or whatever your local collection of self-less workers for the public good is called, and watch them squirm on a hidden webcam as they read it.
Huge expenses are waved through, then the battle over the paper clip budgets rages and the sweaty alpha males will arrive at a compromise they can then sell to their constituents in the upcoming election campaign.
When you have laughed enough, you can go back to Orwell and Kafka.
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