01-13-2023, 05:05 PM
(01-02-2023, 04:49 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:(01-01-2023, 04:32 PM)David Horn Wrote:(01-01-2023, 03:21 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: ... Donald Trump is on the brink of disgrace of the most unwelcome type for himself.
Until Trump is prosecuted, convicted and sentenced, we're still in Trump country where I live. Having him in prison may not be enough either.
I agree. I guess it will be tough for him to lead huge rallies from prison, though. Maybe he can broadcast or tweet. But those rallies are what most cements him to his cult.
He will have a steady stream of visitors to offer his purported wisdom. Ayatollah Khomeini did not need to have freedom of presence and movement in Iran to get his ideas disseminated.
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.