After WWII, folk singer and activist Pete Seeger (1919-2014), who had served in the Pacific theater during the war, wrote a song that captured the insanity of reasonable people following orders from stupid people (the captain in his story).

The song: Waist Deep in the Big Muddy

The lyrics

It was back in nineteen forty-two,
I was a member of a good platoon.
We were on maneuvers in-a Louisiana,
One night by the light of the moon.
The captain told us to ford a river,
That’s how it all begun.
We were — knee deep in the Big Muddy,
But the big fool said to push on.

The Sergeant said, “Sir, are you sure,
This is the best way back to the base?”
“Sergeant, go on! I forded this river
‘Bout a mile above this place.
It’ll be a little soggy but just keep slogging.
We’ll soon be on dry ground.”
We were, waist deep in the Big Muddy
And the big fool said to push on.

The Sergeant said, “Sir, with all this equipment
No man will be able to swim.”
“Sergeant, don’t be a Nervous Nellie, ”
The Captain said to him.
“All we need is a little determination;
Men, follow me, I’ll lead on.”
We were, neck deep in the Big Muddy
And the big fool said to push on.

All at once, the moon clouded over,
We heard a gurgling cry.
A few seconds later, the captain’s helmet
Was all that floated by.
The Sergeant said, “Turn around men!
I’m in charge from now on.”
And we just made it out of the Big Muddy
With the captain dead and gone.

We stripped and dived and found his body
Stuck in the old quicksand.
I guess he didn’t know that the water was deeper
Than the place he’d once before been.
Another stream had joined the Big Muddy
‘Bout a half mile from where we’d gone.
We were lucky to escape from the Big Muddy
When the big fool said to push on.

Well, I’m not going to point any moral,
I’ll leave that for yourself
Maybe you’re still walking, you’re still talking
You’d like to keep your health.
But every time I read the papers
That old feeling comes on;
We’re, waist deep in the Big Muddy
And the big fool says to push on.

Waist deep in the Big Muddy
And the big fool says to push on.
Waist deep in the Big Muddy
And the big fool says to push on.
Waist deep! Neck deep! Soon even a
Tall man’ll be over his head, we’re
Waist deep in the Big Muddy!
And the big fool says to push on!

Waist Deep in the Big Muddy lyrics © T.R.O. Inc.

Think about it. Trump says we’re “rounding the corner” on COVID (in other words, it’s disappearing); Mark Meadows speaks for the government that surrendered to COVID, saying “we can not stop it”; and Don Jr. says “shouldn’t end your life” due to COVID-19.

The big fools are telling us (the gullible American public) to push on.

Reality as of this date: 8,826,766 confirmed cases in U.S.; 227,581 deaths in U.S.!

Choose life over submissiveness and fealty to a cult leader.

Reasonable people want to KEEP THEIR HEALTH, as the lyric says.

Replace the Big Fool.  VOTE

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