Probably after studying the law, I have found nothing so personally empowering as the study of history. But I must admit that there are some nights when I sit alone in my darkened office and I wish I were ignorant of it. Contemplating the present is painful enough. But a knowledge of history adds to my misery by allowing me to contemplate a future that will likely be more painful still.

I do not see myself in that future, probably because I have taken care of all that needed to be taken care of to secure prosperity in my old age. But I do see my children and other young people I know. They are only in their 20s now, yet they have already worked so hard to do all the right things in preparation for a happy and productive life. They are already deeply invested in America, so to speak, and I fear America is going to cheat them. And even if they are not openly cheated out of their reward for their diligence and perseverance, I fear they will always be weighted down by the social and economic aftereffects of what their government is doing today.

But he’s just an instrument of the booboisie’s self-destructive tendencies. The blame ultimately lies with every American who thinks he’s entitled to live a life ignorant of history and free from the responsibility to secure his material well-being by his own work and effort.

People who hated themselves and their nation elected Obama. They unconsciously opted for self-destruction. Now they must suffer for it. The rest of us can only watch in disbelief.