Pursuit of Happiness
There's some very telling language in the US Constitution. It says we are entitled to the "pursuit of happiness." It doesn't say anything about catching happiness.No direction as to how you might get to happiness, only that you should feel free to chase it. It's that sort of demeaning. It's like greyhounds around a dog track. They get to chase that little mechanical rabbit, none of them ever catch the fucking thing. And they wouldn't know what to do if they did catch it. What the Constitution basically says is that a few rich white men can get happiness, the rest of us are free to pursue it, but I mean really, don't get your hopes high for catching it. That's why Americans are so into the car chase in TV shows and movies. We see these people flying down the roads at 120 MPH, smiling and yelling. They're happy. And the cops are pursuing their happiness.
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