12-18-2020, 08:27 PM
Much of the taste of a dictator... someone who always remained a child in many ways even if he lived to age 50.
Michael Jackson and his "Neverland" ranch.
For some people, reality is an unwelcome option.
Hey... there is a time to realize that even if you have incredible wealth, you can't burn the candle at both ends. Unlike dictators who robbed their people blind, Michael Jackson really was a superb talent. Around age 50 one must slow down if one is to enjoy old age. Michael Jackson didn't kill and steal like most of the dictators, and didn't deal drugs like the leaders of Latin-American drug cartels. He sold a legitimate commodity, mass culture, just like John D. Rockefeller sold petroleum or Henry Ford dealt motor vehicles. It is a legitimate commodity: he was a great performer.
MJ died young because he could not grow out of the teenage years. Instead of slowing down he kept a teenager's pace. At age 50 such is good for getting more than the rest you think you need. Eternal rest, maybe.
Michael Jackson and his "Neverland" ranch.
For some people, reality is an unwelcome option.
Hey... there is a time to realize that even if you have incredible wealth, you can't burn the candle at both ends. Unlike dictators who robbed their people blind, Michael Jackson really was a superb talent. Around age 50 one must slow down if one is to enjoy old age. Michael Jackson didn't kill and steal like most of the dictators, and didn't deal drugs like the leaders of Latin-American drug cartels. He sold a legitimate commodity, mass culture, just like John D. Rockefeller sold petroleum or Henry Ford dealt motor vehicles. It is a legitimate commodity: he was a great performer.
MJ died young because he could not grow out of the teenage years. Instead of slowing down he kept a teenager's pace. At age 50 such is good for getting more than the rest you think you need. Eternal rest, maybe.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.