Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

—- Isaiah 5:20

       When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing; when you see that money is flowing to those who deal not in goods, but in favors; when you see that men get rich more easily by graft than by work, and your laws no longer protect you against them, but protect them against you. … you may know that your society is doomed.

—- Francisco d’Anconia, Atlas Shrugged

       While the United states Armed Forces (private mercenaries) are stationed at 737 bases, in 130 nations around the world, defending “all freedom-loving people everywhere in the world,” Joe Williamson, Operations Manager of the Health Department of Kansas City, missouri orders that 700 pounds of surplus food from the annual American Royal’s World Series of Barbecue contest be doused with bleach to prevent it from being fed to the homeless.

       [added 1/9/2023] Thanks to Freedom’s Phoenix for this entry.