The following correspondence originally took place on my Facebook wall, upon my post, “Critical Thinking is Key!“..
Rayn: Critical thinking. It’s what’s for dinner.

“Allegiance to a flag is… a poor substitute to thinking for yourself.”
John T.: Really, what’s a flag? A meani
ng that dead people gave it. Now, the governing new people of the flag don’t follow the same meanings but they keep the allegiances of the people…
Rayn: It’s third-order simulacra, in action.
John T.: Man your smart and its so amazing… Simulacra, I like that word…