In an interview with Spin Magazine from way back in July of 1991 - when I was still in high school yet - Frank Zappa basically predicted what we are seeing now come to pass in the United States.
Namely, that intelligence, standards and critical thinking would decline so dramatically - while in the United States that Americans themselves would basically welcome in a president who himself posed the biggest possible threat to our democracy. Clearly, Zappa saw before almost everyone else just how fragile our American democracy really was then, and is now.
Zappa called it accurately. Remember, this was in July of 1991, a quarter of a century before it actually occurred. He was right, although he did not live to see it. The biggest threat to American democracy is indeed our very own president. And there seems no obvious way to get him out. He shows signs, once again, of trying to do anything and everything possible to stay in power no matter what. And quite typically, he is casting doubts on the elections, as he always does whenever they appear unfavorable to him.
There have been warnings for decades. I might suggest that Stephen King's "The Dead Zone" served as a warning about the dangers of a populist politician coming to power in the United States. But there were a number of others who warned about what might happen if we don't change directions.
Indeed, we are now seeing what some people - Frank Zappa, Jello Biafra, and Carl Sagan - were warning us about decades ago.
Below, specifically, is one thing which Frank Zappa warned about back in early 1991. Some people saw this coming. And when it comes to Trump, there were, frankly, no shortage of warning signs that he was bad news.
Let's get past our distinctive, now borderline tragic national conceit and admit that this man was a mistake, so we can finally move on from him and restore American democracy.
Andy Borowitz 16 February · Frank Zappa nailed it
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