"Catch-22"

                       There's a "case to be made" that offers a "stance" or "position" that will Aid in the maintenance of the Status Quo by the {decadent} Bourgeoisie and it is only PARTIALLY antagonistic to one's own 'self-esteem' .   It's outta* Catch-22 by my Hero, Joseph Heller :   "It" can be short-typed* with , "When in Rome, do as the Romans " .   I'm too lazy to look up page + chapter , but it's the scene where Nately {I THINK it's Nately} who interrogates an old OLDE man about his convictions regarding first the Nazi "take-over" and then the American's.   Nately seeks to chide this old man into saying that America is / was "The Greatest Nation On Earth" .   The old man retorts :   "When the Nazi's were in Power I was FANATICALLY Nazi, now that the Americans are here, I am FANATICALLY American ."  Nately scoffs at such "garbage" and insists that "America FIRST" is "the way to go" .  The old OLDE Man then 'beats on' Nately :  "How long will America last ? ... a hundred years ~~~ two" ??  He continues, "ALL Empires have fallen and the American Empire will fall too ."