Without doubt, stupidity is part of Trumpism, but it’s only a part. Meanness is also essential. People with any real compassion for others don’t have what it takes to be a member of the MAGA base.
Author: craigshields
Power and Corruption
As Aristotle said (plus or minus): Only people who do not seek power are qualified to hold it. In retrospect, the United States hadn’t gotten burned too badly until Donald Trump came along.
How We Regard the World’s Social Democracies
Here’s a video on a subject we discuss a great deal here: Americans’ attitudes toward the social democracies in countries like Norway. The woman has an interesting perspective.
Tagged with: social democracies
Working Class Voters Embrace the GOP
American workers who are facing agonizing and preventable deaths predominantly vote for the party that is condemning them to that horrible fate. That’s just one of the many disgusting facets of today’s life in the U.S.
MAGA Republican Runs in Wyoming
Meet Reid Rasner (photo at left). He’s a MAGA Republican running for congress in Wyoming–that’s a good fit. He faces three challenges, however: 1) He’s openly gay, a terrible fit for Wyoming, 2) His politics appeals only to the true …
Congress Should Address the Climate Crisis
Asking the congress to “address the climate crisis” is something of a joke. Most of them have their seats by virtue to their allegiance to Big Oil, and, for many, their position on climate change is that it’s a hoax. …
Many Say Fauci Should Go To Prison
We hear all the time that Dr. Anthony Fauci, who served Americans’ health needs under seven presidents, created COVID-19 in a Chinese lab and deliberately inflicted it on U.S. citizens, killing millions. The anti-science far-right is cranking up the animus …
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The Divided States of America
Trump’s (fairly successful) attempts to divide America are just a means to the end of staying in power so as to be able to continue to loot the U.S. treasury. At this point, there are three essential factions in the …
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Faith and Reason
People have been dancing around the faith/reason duality for more than 2000 years. Aristotle worked out the rules of logic around 350 BCE, and Thomas Aquinas assumed the task of using them to prove the existence of God in the …
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Trumpism Entering the World
At left is how I feel about Trumpism. I may be limited in how I can go about preventing it from entering the world, but I’ll be damned if it will happen through me.
