I was stunned when Trump first received the Republican nomination in 2016. I thought he was certain to lose. I was stunned again when he was elected. And again when I saw how vile and despicable he behaved as president. The attack on the Capital was a third-world atrocity. He is a liar, a rapist, a tax cheat, and an uninhibited sexist, racist, narcissist. Now, he is the leading candidate for president of the United States of America.
My views of Trump remain the same. My views of the rest of this country have changed.
This enexorable march down the road to hell by the ignorant, corrupt and stupid must be lit with the light of truth. Yell it from the rooftops like Paul Revere. "Democracy is dying!"
I doubt that the enormity of the catastrophe, which another Trump win would constitute, could be expressed any more clearly. Conditioning is powerful and insidiousness. Narcissistic demagoguery is inevitably a life destroyer for those who oppose it.
Democracy, even if flawed, is a wonderful notion, as is the concept, though also flawed, of representative office being open to anyone.
However, the freedoms epitomising these concepts cannot fulfill their aim unless they are accompanied by appropriate responsibilities - for all freedom requires responsibility, they are two sides of the same coin.
I read widely and for all I have learned of Trump's, character, activities and behaviour pre-election, during his office as POTUS and since his loss in 2020, I have seen no evidence that Trump understands the concept that freedom requires responsibility. If I am wrong and he does understand that concept, then the situation is even worse for he clearly chooses to ignore it.
Unfortunately, I see no sign that the majority of the US electorate have any real understanding of that concept, which has largely been responsible for the US, despite it being far from perfect, being one of the most free and open places in the World for its population. (Yes, I do recognise some notable exceptions but they 'prove the rule', rather than destroy it. I don't say that the nations is perfect.)
If Trump is reelected it will produce a situation more akin to that of a developing nation where opposing officers of the supposed national military have decided that *they* know better and will be better than their elected government and its institutions and therefore have some apparent *right* to seize power. They will then impose their personal versions of what constitutes 'the best' for the people and ensure the sanction, exclusion, false imprisonment or elimination of any that oppose them. The result is almost inevitably fat Swiss bank accounts for themselves and poverty for the people.
Does this sound familiar? It ought to for this is how Trump operates anyway and if given enough control, i.e. election to Potus, has even stated his intended fate for those who have upset him.
Is this really what US citizens want? Can they really not understand what is happening in front of them? Believe me, if it happens, (and it looks more likely each day), it will be a specious attempt at distance from their complicity to claim that they honestly thought 'Trump will save America.'
I was stunned when Trump first received the Republican nomination in 2016. I thought he was certain to lose. I was stunned again when he was elected. And again when I saw how vile and despicable he behaved as president. The attack on the Capital was a third-world atrocity. He is a liar, a rapist, a tax cheat, and an uninhibited sexist, racist, narcissist. Now, he is the leading candidate for president of the United States of America.
My views of Trump remain the same. My views of the rest of this country have changed.
This enexorable march down the road to hell by the ignorant, corrupt and stupid must be lit with the light of truth. Yell it from the rooftops like Paul Revere. "Democracy is dying!"
I doubt that the enormity of the catastrophe, which another Trump win would constitute, could be expressed any more clearly. Conditioning is powerful and insidiousness. Narcissistic demagoguery is inevitably a life destroyer for those who oppose it.
Democracy, even if flawed, is a wonderful notion, as is the concept, though also flawed, of representative office being open to anyone.
However, the freedoms epitomising these concepts cannot fulfill their aim unless they are accompanied by appropriate responsibilities - for all freedom requires responsibility, they are two sides of the same coin.
I read widely and for all I have learned of Trump's, character, activities and behaviour pre-election, during his office as POTUS and since his loss in 2020, I have seen no evidence that Trump understands the concept that freedom requires responsibility. If I am wrong and he does understand that concept, then the situation is even worse for he clearly chooses to ignore it.
Unfortunately, I see no sign that the majority of the US electorate have any real understanding of that concept, which has largely been responsible for the US, despite it being far from perfect, being one of the most free and open places in the World for its population. (Yes, I do recognise some notable exceptions but they 'prove the rule', rather than destroy it. I don't say that the nations is perfect.)
If Trump is reelected it will produce a situation more akin to that of a developing nation where opposing officers of the supposed national military have decided that *they* know better and will be better than their elected government and its institutions and therefore have some apparent *right* to seize power. They will then impose their personal versions of what constitutes 'the best' for the people and ensure the sanction, exclusion, false imprisonment or elimination of any that oppose them. The result is almost inevitably fat Swiss bank accounts for themselves and poverty for the people.
Does this sound familiar? It ought to for this is how Trump operates anyway and if given enough control, i.e. election to Potus, has even stated his intended fate for those who have upset him.
Is this really what US citizens want? Can they really not understand what is happening in front of them? Believe me, if it happens, (and it looks more likely each day), it will be a specious attempt at distance from their complicity to claim that they honestly thought 'Trump will save America.'