Alex Potts on Odds and Ends of History

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Alex Potts

Jun 25

The thing is - in real life, assholes do succeed! Frequently!

Should fiction lie to people that the good guys always win?

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Is the difference that assholes on TV are interesting in their assholery? Assholes in real life are just assholes.

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