Ian BetteridgeMar 10

I think this post has been in my drafts folder for about three years, occasionally being reworked, and finally – FINALLY – I've finished it. Joni Mitchell, Jello Biafra, and Peter Thiel all feature. Warning - it's REALLY LONG.

https://www.ianbetteridge.com/zen-fascist-wi/

Zen fascists will control you...

In 1979, a punk band from San Francisco recorded a song about the Governor of California. It was a joke, mostly. Jerry Brown was a Democrat, a Buddhist, a man who dated Linda Ronstadt and discussed limits and simplicity at a moment when America was in no mood for either.

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@ianbetteridge brilliant.

Made me think of Hogg's Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner. Maybe someone's already written it, as it seems we are overdue a 21st century version of the billionaire prince arriving from abroad to corrupt the self-appointed elect to horrendous crimes.

Mar 10 at 8:07amWeb