It’s widely believed that emotional stress can trigger physical illness, and as an American, it’s virtually impossible not to be stressed out as our nation descends into fascism.
Yet living with the delusion that this is normal and healthy politics as usual is probably even worse.
There’s not much doubt as to where America is going as a country.
It’s the same place that Russia, China, Hungary, Turkey, Ethiopia, Egypt, and 46 other countries have gone.
Leibniz lived at a time in which there was much speculation about God and His workings.
It’s unclear how many people, then and now, bought into this idea. Voltaire’s Candide was a parody of the concept.
Three hundred years later, Bertrand Russell certainly wasn’t a believer. He asked, “If you were granted omnipotence and billions of years to accomplish your will, do you think you couldn’t do any better than the Nazis and the KKK?”
Nowadays, we might ask why God installed Donald Trump as the leader of the most powerful country in human history.
Hate to break it to you, but a fascist leader pays no attention to his country’s constitution.
Living in a country that’s descending into fascism is a horrific experience.
Until today, I thought there was a good chance that an order from Trump to the Pentagon “We’re invading Venezuela” might be met with “The f*** we are.” But apparently, all this talk about disobeying illegal orders was meaningless.
As mentioned elsewhere, American stupidity has taken us to a terrible place.
What former Republican U.S. representative Joe Walsh says here is entirely on point.
American voters didn’t care that the president they were re-electing was a convicted felon, a pathological liar, and a traitor to his country who is reviled around the world.
We got exactly what we deserved.
As suggested by the tongue-in-cheek post at left, countries that suffer little or no corruption have no problems removing criminals from their governments.
Neighboring Iceland’s reaction to the bankers whose criminality caused the 2008 economic crash re: real estate credit fraud? Prosecute, try, convict, and imprison them.
Of course, this is impossible in the United States, because rich people can buy a free pass around the justice system, just like you or I can buy a pizza.
At left is a reminder that there was once a time when morals mattered.
How do you think voters at the turn of the 20th Century would have responded to Trump as a U.S. presidential candidate?
Good going.
