Football of Fools

What type of fooling around has brought the nation to the brink of disaster? When the poor go hungry and proclaim it, the denialists are so cynical that they accuse the ordinary citizens of having been told by external forces that they are sleeping on empty stomachs. Dissent is treated harshly. On the other hand the greedy bootlickers and narcissists are falling over themselves describing a "rosy" situation. The direful circus goes on and on until it becomes unsustainable. Both the culprits and the victims are enmeshed in an unenviable affair.