Generational Dynamics World View

[Bob Butler 54]

(11-23-2020, 11:41 AM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: This may seem like a very dark time, since the Democrats and the media have been relentlessly vindictive assholes for four years, and continue to be, even after the election.

But one thing you can look forward to is that Trump will still be around, and in a couple of months he'll be leading what he claims is a new movement formed from the 72-74 million people who voted for him. He may even say that he's running in 2024, and start holding rallies again.  And those rallies always draw tens of thousands of people.

Meanwhile Biden will have to start governing, as opposed to hiding in his basement.  He'll blame every problem on Trump, and Trump will be right there to blame Biden.  It should be interesting.

The biggest scandal associated with Obama was birthersim, which was pretty much disproven when a Hawaii paper was found with Obama’s parents announcing his birth to the world. Was there cooperation between the Trump campaign and Russia in working the 2016 election? Did Trump suppress funds allocated by congress for security until a foreign power provided an advantage for him political? Is Trump hamstringing his successor in ways not seen in previous transitions of power? There is a difference between the Obama ‘scandal’ being based on Trump’s lie, while Trumps continuous scandals have considerable truth to them. If you are just interested in reporting the truth, you have to report on them.

The red buy into the Trump and Fox lies. You buy into the Trump and Fox lies. You have to buy into the lies designed to enable elitism and racism. The truth is just not enough. I don’t see how the old values, based on lies, are going to have staying power in a crisis. The problems at the core of the crisis are always resolved. Trump has punted on both COVID and systematic racism. He has enough believers with him to tie up anyone who tries to rebuild the Republican Party from his lies.

I understand he is giving up on the ‘I won’ pretense. The GSA has acknowledged Biden as the apparent winner. Michigan has certified. His court cases have been rejected. Do you think the Republican policy of obstructionism will be a big win in the mid terms? Do you think a non elitist non racist movement can unite the conservatives with Trump rousing his base? Do you think someone else trying in the short term to take over the remnants of the party stands a chance with Trump active?

In a crisis, the greatest problems facing the culture are focused on and resolved. Doing so will sink the old values. If Biden fulfills the promises made on the bug, systematic racism, and promoting the interests of the workers, the crisis - high - awakening patterns don’t leave much room for the do nothing obstructionism of the unraveling.

I see the denial phase of the lame duck period as ending. We will see how much of a revenge phase there is, and how wild Trump goes with pardoning his administration. He can hurt the next administration, but if he is too blatant about it he will also be hurting America. He can throw pardons around, but doing so admits guilt.

I am content sitting back and watching the turnings progress, the old values become discredited.

But the bottom line is likely enough correct. It should be interesting.