Who are we? What do we deserve?

I've thought long and hard about it and I'm still thinking. We've become less than normal human beings, almost like animals. That's why we can allow things like these to continue in this nation, things that other humans will not allow, things that others will rather die than permit. I believe somewhere along the line, we lost our sense of humanity, our humanness and became lesser than normal human beings.

I stand to be corrected. This remains my frank and unpretentious perspective.

There's also the prevailing view that we have even condescended lower than animals, who have been known to mourn their deceased, sometimes for months (thanks Comfort Udoh).

Implicitly, we are, at this crucial juncture of national cohesion, lesser than lesser animals. In this state of extreme irrationality, we proceed to (s)elect some of our lesser-than-lesser comrade-at-arms to rule over us with utter idiocy. So, why do we complain? What were we expecting? Wizardry from cretins?