Why America will Burn

I think Americans might be too loyal to exist. After another Superbowl has recently been fought and won, the Chiefs over the Eagles, I can't help but think back on the guy who showed up to the party wearing a Browns shirt, and the woman in her Cowboys jersey.

That's loyalty, friends. When your team is out, but you're still flying their colors during the big game, there's no question where you stand. The Browns! The Cleveland Browns have had winning seasons (winning more than 50% of their games during the year) only five times since 1989... and let's not forget the 2017 season when they lost every single game! But my man, James... still a die hard fan.

It's all about the money. The only thing that matters is getting fans into the stadiums. Franchise owners will pull all kinds of stunts to get more fans--free stuff is the biggest draw. If you can get someone to put on your team's jersey, the rest doesn't matter. Your team can fumble every ball, drop every pass, lose every game, and the die-hard fan will still wear the jersey, no matter what.

There's something to be said for that kind of loyalty. The home team! Right? Regardless of the track record, we root for our team. No matter how insane it is to think: This is the best team, we still root for our team. Not only is our team the best, any team that dares to enter the field to challenge our team is a bunch of pansies and cheaters and cocky bastards, too!

The refs are a bunch of idiots! They're either incompetent or bought and paid for, right? When our team is held, but the refs don't call it, we're furious. When the our team drops the pass, that was pass interference! When the other team drops the pass, and pleads with the ref to throw the flag, they're just a bunch of whiners and cry babies. Fairness doesn't matter. We. Want. To. Win.

Our coach... friggin genius. The other teams' coaches... a bunch of brown-nosers who would stab their own mothers in the back to get the position--suck-ups who played politics and stole the job from someone more qualified, but didn't fit the mold.

And speaking of politics... I've been talking about politics this entire time.

Americans will never learn to stop rooting for their favorite team, even in spite of its horrible track record, and unlike in American football, there are only two teams. Each franchise will always have a shot at the Superbowl. Which one is better... doesn't matter. Which one is actively subverting, changing, and ignoring the rules... doesn't matter. Mental acuity, ignorance, stability... none of it matters. The people in power know: no matter what they do or say, no matter how incompetent or illegal their actions, no matter how despicable or how blatant their intentions, first and foremost, above all logic or duty or justice, Americans always want their team to win. Always.

Even while they watch it all burn.

Throughout history, the evil ones have been those who try to change language and rewrite history in order to justify their actions and warp the minds of the youth. Who will they rewrite next? It doesn't matter what they do because they will never be held accountable, and half of America doesn't even know who "they" are.