I can’t figure out why Trump generates so much interest in people. Everything about him, positive or negative, looks to me like an overstated emotional response. Some of it I’d expect from mental midgets, but some of it is also from people whose intelligence and ability I respect.
Trump is not a threat to democracy. (but the response to him is). Trump is the product of democracy. Trump was not ever going to save the world from China. He was not ever going to bring back the economy to post war manufacturing boom times. Trump lies like a used car salesman, but in the scheme of things his lies are trivial. Compare all of Trump‘s bad shit to this:
- The now obvious Covid cause coverup orchestrated by people in government and amplified by our so-called free and independent press.
- The despicable Hunter laptop coverup and lie orchestrated by campaign operatives and amplified by our so-called free and independent press.
- The unholy alliance between social media and our government.
- The use of the FBI for political purposes including one case of lying to a court that we accidentally know about.
- A guy on Fox challenges the artfully constructed threat to democracy J6 narrative and the whole world seemingly goes apeshit, including demands for censorship screamed from the floor of the United States Senate.
All the above are tied, in varying degrees to pushing Trump to the side. All the above are pathetic examples of how a democracy is not supposed to work. Democracy works best with more information not less, with more media independence, not less, with a better informed public, not a manipulated one, and with more speech, not censored speech.
We have gotten to the point of actually believing that Trump being president will end the United States, and Biden continuing to be president will end the United States. Neither is true, but the country thinking it is true is evidence of the decline we are now in.
Bringing two threads together. I think we have gotten to this point because of our piss poor, and worsening public education system.