02-07-2017, 03:46 PM
(02-07-2017, 12:04 PM)TeacherinExile Wrote: So let me pose a rhetorical question to anyone on this forum who deigns to answer: Why, when it comes to Donald Trump, are people reaching as never before for historical analogues? (I'm guilty, too.)
I think that's an easy one. Trump acts the part, intentionally or not. He puffs and struts, and speaks in language that evokes the comparison. He may turn out to be a wimp or he might go full-fascist, but he's not there yet ... not by a wide margin.
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.