At Home with the Plebeians: Paddy and Joe discuss geopolitics

Two children sit in front of a CRT television, showing a triumphant image of Angela Merkel. Speach bubbles emanate from both children: 'I see the Germans are at it again, trying to take over the world. Someone should play hardball with these assholes'. The other child responds: 'It's a good thing we're all speaking English and using Americanizms, to combat external imperialism and creeping hegemony'.

content originally published: 2012, June