**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: "THE DECAY OF DECORUM"**
**SEATTLE, WA** — In what moral critics are calling "the final nail in the coffin of civil discourse," White House policy advisor Stephen Miller has reportedly installed a live-feed of a 24-hour Ayn Rand audiobook in the West Wing break room, replacing the previously mandated "companionable silence" and coffee.
“It’s a blatant abdication of humanity,” declared Dr. Eleanor Vance, a leading cultural ethicist at the Institute for Social Cohesion. “First, we normalize the idea that policy is a zero-sum game, that compassion is a weakness. Now, we are literally drowning the Capitol in the philosophy of radical individualism. If the seat of our government becomes a temple to self-interest, what hope is left for the neighborhood potluck? For the concept of a shared burden? This is the moral equivalent of replacing the dinner table with a feeding trough.”
Critics argue this move, paired with Miller’s signature hardline rhetoric, represents a deliberate breakdown of empathy. “We are watching the slow, systematic dismantling of the idea that we owe anything to one another,” Vance continued. “This isn’t just policy; it’s a liturgical act. He is using the mechanics of the state to sanctify selfishness. The downfall isn't in the debate; it's in the soul. If we don’t stand against this, the only thing left to discuss is the price of a ticket to a gilded cage.”
The White House has declined to comment, though a source reports hearing a muffled recording of "The Virtue of Selfishness" playing from behind a locked door. #MoralDecay #StephenMiller #CivicVirtue