I am a communist. This is the best thing Ezra Klein has done in his career. Some of us have been screaming this stuff from the rooftops. For years and years. No one listened then, and no one is listening now. I always thought there would be a big bang at the end of this sad, pathetic culture that has prostrated itself to a raving psychotic. That is not uncivil to say. Because it is a fact. All you have to do is look at the photos of those men in the prison. When I look at satellite photos, I think I see what appears to be a graveyard but I cannot make out headstones. The dead do not speak. And they do not bear witness. They cannot tell us what has happened to them. The deviant is legally liable for kidnapping. He is now the law. But he isn’t god. This is what has become of us. You have no rights. Stop pretending you do. Accept responsibility. Americans are to blame. You didn’t fight him. To fight him is uncivil. Bow and scrape. Now, you get what you deserve. Historically, there are analogies. Hammurabi, the sixth king of the Amorite First Dynasty of Babylon, ruled from 1792 to 1750 BC (middle chronology). He secured Babylonian dominance over the Mesopotamian plain through military prowess, diplomacy, and treachery times ten. Hammurabi required much bowing. Hammurabi required much scrapping. Hammurabi had spies in every room. Hammurabi required many heads. The deviant still needs us to validate him. Refuse to validate the deviant. Then, stand back. Watch him eat his hair.