I'm back in Tennessee this week, and the red had squadron is still cheering for him. Primarily because they don't own stock and enjoy seeing the rich people suffer. I believe that there is a subset of the human population whose chief form of entertainment is watching others suffer, even if it means they have to suffer as well. Unfortunately, that subset appears to be a larger sample size than I previously thought.
Today we took a road trip through the back country to get to another town. My mind is boggled by the number of run-down trailers barely fit for human habitation that proudly flew his flag. How can people who barely have a pot to piss in think a billionaire has their best interest in mind?
My theory is that they figure it can't get any worse for them, so they want to make it worse for everyone else to level the playing field.
I can truly see how Hitler rose to power and got away with what he did……full complacency and compliance by the masses who adored him. I have so many family members and close friends who continue to believe and revere the orange baboon even as “Rome is burning”. It saddens and weakens me each and every day……..
Yes, embarrassed for even having to be pushing that ball up the hill, and afraid that it's so mired in merde that no tow rope or supposed infinite wealth will ever be able to move it forward...at least until the marmalade monster is dethroned.
Desensitization and habituation are real human behaviors. We all need to do a reality check, every morning when we wake up. But every morning when I wake up, I say to myself that this cannot be happening. He's really listening to a nut case/crack pot like Loomer? I bet she's even got secret service detail. And then my Sisyphus Syndrome sinks in.
I'll be thinking of Camus, all day long. Come on, Sisyphus!
I can truly see how Hitler rose to power and got away with what he did……full complacency and compliance by the masses who adored him. I have so many family members and close friends who continue to believe and revere the orange baboon even as “Rome is burning”. It saddens and weakens me each and every day……..
He may not be schizophrenic, but the diagnosis I saw confirmed by professionals was "malignant narcissist." It makes him immune to normal human feelings and prevents him from jumping off a bridge. What embarrasses me the most is the people who vote for him, especially when I know them.
Today I have been reading Richard White’s History of Reconstruction (Oxford History series) and the Guilded Age, and was surprised by the similarities between Andrew Johnson and him. As David Brooks mentioned on MSNBC today, we’ve gone through this before historically and we will get through this and eventually be able to reverse a lot of the damage being done. There’s always untold suffering in these situations, but in the end, he’ll do something to shoot himself in the foot…if he hasn’t already.
What’s most alarming to me, though is the number of people that are on board with this guy regardless of what he does. It’s really dividing the country in a way that post civil war America was divided and the outcomes are yet to be determined…
I'm back in Tennessee this week, and the red had squadron is still cheering for him. Primarily because they don't own stock and enjoy seeing the rich people suffer. I believe that there is a subset of the human population whose chief form of entertainment is watching others suffer, even if it means they have to suffer as well. Unfortunately, that subset appears to be a larger sample size than I previously thought.
You are wise beyond your years ... which is a blessing and a burden
Today we took a road trip through the back country to get to another town. My mind is boggled by the number of run-down trailers barely fit for human habitation that proudly flew his flag. How can people who barely have a pot to piss in think a billionaire has their best interest in mind?
My theory is that they figure it can't get any worse for them, so they want to make it worse for everyone else to level the playing field.
I can truly see how Hitler rose to power and got away with what he did……full complacency and compliance by the masses who adored him. I have so many family members and close friends who continue to believe and revere the orange baboon even as “Rome is burning”. It saddens and weakens me each and every day……..
that's why we can't give up on trying to educate them
I do and I go to great lengths and crafty ways to influence them and they don’t even know it. I put doubt in their minds without being confrontative.
Yes, embarrassed for even having to be pushing that ball up the hill, and afraid that it's so mired in merde that no tow rope or supposed infinite wealth will ever be able to move it forward...at least until the marmalade monster is dethroned.
Desensitization and habituation are real human behaviors. We all need to do a reality check, every morning when we wake up. But every morning when I wake up, I say to myself that this cannot be happening. He's really listening to a nut case/crack pot like Loomer? I bet she's even got secret service detail. And then my Sisyphus Syndrome sinks in.
I'll be thinking of Camus, all day long. Come on, Sisyphus!
We are definitely in the merde
I can truly see how Hitler rose to power and got away with what he did……full complacency and compliance by the masses who adored him. I have so many family members and close friends who continue to believe and revere the orange baboon even as “Rome is burning”. It saddens and weakens me each and every day……..
He may not be schizophrenic, but the diagnosis I saw confirmed by professionals was "malignant narcissist." It makes him immune to normal human feelings and prevents him from jumping off a bridge. What embarrasses me the most is the people who vote for him, especially when I know them.
Today I have been reading Richard White’s History of Reconstruction (Oxford History series) and the Guilded Age, and was surprised by the similarities between Andrew Johnson and him. As David Brooks mentioned on MSNBC today, we’ve gone through this before historically and we will get through this and eventually be able to reverse a lot of the damage being done. There’s always untold suffering in these situations, but in the end, he’ll do something to shoot himself in the foot…if he hasn’t already.
What’s most alarming to me, though is the number of people that are on board with this guy regardless of what he does. It’s really dividing the country in a way that post civil war America was divided and the outcomes are yet to be determined…
What insight. I, too, can’t figure out why someone would be attracted to him