[Superman]

I would say the disappointment Tabs describes did happen to me, but it was not a disappointment about America or Americans. it was an epiphany about humans. What I eventually figured out is that the barons of business and labor and government......were large, deep-voiced Fourth Graders. The games we played on the playground are the same games we play today. Stealing each others' lunches. Placing signs on each others' backs. Telling stories about each other. Making it look like it's the other guy's fault. Fibbing. Alerting the Playground Monitor. Making alliances. Breaking alliances. Same stuff, different venue.

There is only one alternative to understanding this about humans........not understanding it. And there is the difference. Those who understand this about human nature are called "liberal" who want to regulate. Those who do not.........favor deregulation.