Parasite Paradise

Welcome to America 2009. In this new era:

If you work hard you will be punished and your labor stolen
If you tell the truth you be marginalized as trouble
If you teach your children what is right they will be taken from you
If you pursue beauty and profundity you will be irrelevant
If you hold truths that are self-evident you will be called militant
If you defend and feed the least of them you will be mocked and attacked
If you treasure these imperfect but unprecedented blessings you will be called jingoistic
If you are noble and courageous you will be viewed as an outer space alien
If you champion anothers right to speak freely you will be drowned out by their lies, insults, and pfofanity

If you steal from the hard working you are a hero
If you lie and self-promote you will be ordained and crowned
If you teach children to be bullies, whiners and liars you will be given power to shape their minds
If you disengage the human mind from the art of thinking you will be an academic
The more soulless and unimaginative your art is, the more likely you will be famous because of it
If you pursue the perverse, the shallow and the profit margin you will get rich
If you say that water is not wet and dogs do not bark you will be called a genius
If you murder the helpless you will called compassionate
If you advocate for lying, envy, covet, idolatry, and murder you will be called christian
If you suppress the freedom of speech of those you disagree with you are a called a champion of liberty
If you treat your imperfect but unprecedented blessings with utter contempt and work to destroy them you are called a patriot

What happens when the parasites finally kill the host? Will they feed on each other? Will there be another host to suck the life out of?

For the first time in 4 decades I have toyed with regrets of bringing children into this world of parasites, each of us looking at the other like a consumable product. The only person who loses is the noble fool who still has silly notions of being decent and contributing to making planet earth a better place. On moral grounds I refuse to teach my children to be parasitic toward their society, but what happens now that the parasites outweigh the host? Have I just destined 4 souls to this Parasite Paradise?