Comments on: JFK’s own dirty trick https://www.isegoria.net/2011/01/jfks-own-dirty-trick/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Tue, 23 Jun 2026 09:00:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Ross https://www.isegoria.net/2011/01/jfks-own-dirty-trick/comment-page-1/#comment-104793 Ross Fri, 21 Jan 2011 17:49:09 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=23250#comment-104793 Nothing unusual here. Thieving politicians crawling over each others’ partially cannibalized bodies in search of fresh meat. Standard fare.

JFK’s dirtiest trick was to plagiarize Kahlil Gibran’s famous exhortation to politicians not to be parasites (“Ask not what your country can do for you…”)

He directed it against the citizens it was intended to protect, standing it on its head by telling them to “do for” the State. And people bought it.

Heckuva Job..uh…Brownie.

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