Should Donald Trump be re-elected then we could be in for another civil war. I failed to recognize the genius part of Trump's evil genius -- his ability to appeal to the visceral. I may know enough to not trust visceral, primitive drives, but multitudes trust them more than learning, reason, wisdom, conscience, caution, empathy, courage... We would be better off without our gut feelings if we don't know enough to judge them for their merits.
Donald Trump has succeeded to the extent that he has by appealing to the worst in human nature.
What a fool I was to think that life would ever be good again! Donald Trump will make America great -- in violence, inequity, ignorance, and cruelty. Maybe he will 'give' us a war for profits, the best ending of which would be the overthrow of his despotism.
Oh, so he promised jobs and law and order? Big deal. So did Hitler. Hitler got more people employed -- for the lowest industrial wages in Europe at the time, and under brutal management Trump will not give us law and order; he will stir up dissent that brings about a bloody crackdown. I dread what this man can do to anyone that he sees as a betrayer of his dreams.
Donald Trump has succeeded to the extent that he has by appealing to the worst in human nature.
What a fool I was to think that life would ever be good again! Donald Trump will make America great -- in violence, inequity, ignorance, and cruelty. Maybe he will 'give' us a war for profits, the best ending of which would be the overthrow of his despotism.
Oh, so he promised jobs and law and order? Big deal. So did Hitler. Hitler got more people employed -- for the lowest industrial wages in Europe at the time, and under brutal management Trump will not give us law and order; he will stir up dissent that brings about a bloody crackdown. I dread what this man can do to anyone that he sees as a betrayer of his dreams.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.