The Meme Morality of ICE and FAFO

Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair

Good people cannot make the needed change.
Good people can make the needed change.

The contradiction is intentional. The first sentence is singular. The second is plural.

Individually, most people are not stupid. Collectively, people often are. As George Carlin put it, “Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.”

On our own, we recognize problems and imagine solutions. Together, we often convince ourselves that change is impossible—inevitable...