Why Does Thomas Jefferson Keep Copying Me?

One thing that makes me mad is to think of something and then find out someone else has ripped me off by thinking of it before me. This happens constantly, like with my concept of "Boring until EXTREMELY INTERESTING." Ditto with this idea I had for a device that would allow you to speak with someone far away. I was very excited about what I'd dubbed the "Small Electronic Talk/Listen Module" (SETLM) until I found out about this jerk Alexander Graham Bell.

Anyway, I often speak to friends about how being alive is difficult enough without all the idiot leaders who afflict us with war. It's not like normal life is so boring and devoid of sorrow that we need them to liven things up for us.

So now it turns out Thomas Jefferson said almost the same thing in 1802:

"The evils which of necessity encompass the life of man are sufficiently numerous. Why should we add to them by voluntarily distressing and destroying one another?"

But there's one thing Jefferson doesn't mention. I believe our cretinous presidents, prime ministers, priests and mullahs like war precisely because it helps them personally evade confronting "the evils which of necessity encompass the life of man." That is, in order to distract themselves from the inevitable difficulty and pain of their own lives, they add enormously to the difficulty and pain of ours.

I know many other people have said this before, but please don't tell me about it.