Spiro Theodore Agnewwas an American politician who served as the 39th Vice President of the United States from 1969 to 1973, under President Richard Nixon... (wikipedia)
A spirit of national masochism prevails, encouraged by an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals.
They have formed their own 4-H club - the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history.