08-05-2020, 02:12 PM
(08-05-2020, 11:57 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:(08-04-2020, 07:20 PM)David Horn Wrote: All true but how valid? This is the first time we've had a President who has no compunction using foreign assets and all the propaganda he can get. And it's happening at the very time that the ability to lie with impunity seems virtually unlimited. Those are pretty tall obstacles to overcome. Add in the natural propensity of the Trumpist alliance to believe Trump and his propaganda team above all, and they're armed to the teeth. It's best to assume nothing is set in stone ... not anymore.
I am betting that most of the people will see Trump as not the way to go, the wrong way to do things. I would not underestimate things or take them for granted. A crash of the old values and a massive swing to the new is the way it has always been, and let's take advantage of it when it comes.
But in many ways the swing to authoritarianism is a 3T trend that might be well and truly reversed by the crisis heart. Trump has 5 more months to illustrate how authoritarianism is not a win for the general public. If he holds his current course, that should be clear enough to last living memory.
All true, but the vehemence of his followers added to large arsenals of unaccountable weapons and ammo may put a spin on this that's very violent. They can't start a revolution, but chaos is certainly within their reach.
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.