shit

I’m not keen on ascribing grand inevitabilities to the human condition, nor all but the most basic fixed qualities to human “nature”. After all, our most outstanding quality is that which places us in contrast to nature. “Man-made” tends to signify as an antonym to “natural”.

Why then, do I feel compelled to note the maxim that shit always rises to the top when thinking about the good folks acting as executives at Goldman Sachs or AIG, etc. Or about those smooth talkers and quick thinkers working as lobbyists for some amoral power group or another.

After floating up there a while, the shit does inevitably decompose and sink to the bottom. But alas, this metaphor is beginning to decompose itself…