Golf is the Problem

Not only is golf a complete waste of valuable land that ruins the environment from the chemical maintenance of grass upkeep...not only is it a waste of a nice Saturday afternoon walk...it is also one of the most anti-democratic of activities ever devised. The real rulers of this country, the politicians, lobbyists, and CEOs are attracted to the same high-priced country clubs where they can meet, network, socialize, with each other and insulate themselves from the citizens. How expensive are the most exclusive and insulated of these places? Membership at Mar a Lago is now $200,000. Another Trump property where Donald the unready spends a great deal of his time while supposedly working for us, Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, NJ, is $300,000. But, don't worry, if you are of the cheap sort and want to hang out with hoi polloi like Warren Buffett, you can join Augusta national for a measly 5-figures. People like you and me aren't invited, no matter what our handicaps are. These are perfect, isolated places where they can plan on how to screw the rest of us away from prying eyes. (That's a long way from poor Scottish shepherds knocking rocks into gopher holes) Nearly every president since Ike has played golf, of course, but we have reached an entirely new level of golf course oligarchy with a president who owns the damned golf course. It's time to start banning these sprawling threats to democracy and turning them into  public parks. Fuck golf.