Of course Trump is the “Antichrist!” For all the reasons laid out above. Whatever works.
Viewed through the wider lense of empirical facts in an observable world, the stories we tell ourselves to make sense of life according to our more narrow personal viewpoints, such as religion and politics, are not that important. As long as outward r…
Of course Trump is the “Antichrist!” For all the reasons laid out above. Whatever works.
Viewed through the wider lense of empirical facts in an observable world, the stories we tell ourselves to make sense of life according to our more narrow personal viewpoints, such as religion and politics, are not that important. As long as outward reality is not denied and the proper response is not suppressed, what someone might believe or the terminology they might use, metaphorically or not, doesn’t really matter.
So, the larger question remains: Will we as a society through our agreed-upon, established, Constitutional institutions — Congress, courts, media — hold powerful, rich, white people, virtually all male, accountable for their ubiquitous, murderous crimes against democracy and humanity, obvious for all to see?
If not, what good are we? And what good is our so-called “democracy” when it fails its most crucial test? If we can’t even bring our own authoritarians to account, how will we ever cope with the rise of autocracy around the world?
How many “good” Germans, during Hitler’s rise to power, wish they would not have succumbed to the right-wing propaganda of their time, which stripped an established democracy from them and plunged the world into war, while they basically sat by and did nothing, trusting their god-like leader to do the right thing in the end?
In response to your "larger question": As I see it, there is only one way to "hold the powerful, rich, white people...accountable..." and that is through the DOJ, the AG, and rest of the legal system. No justice there after all that's occurred since 1-20-2017....then there's nothing left of our country worth saving. I wouldn't even advise a civil war !
Answer to "larger question:" highly unlikely, given historical lifespan of "democracy." But maybe look more into economic pre-conditions to rise of Hitler. Treaty of Versailles sanctions post WWI. Democracy wasn't on their minds: paying a wheelbarrow-full of cash for a loaf of bread was.
Authoritarian leaders always exploit the negative conditions "their" people are suffering to consolidate a power base, usually by scapegoating the "other" people who are responsible for all the misery. It's the standard playbook: Convince your base that the old government (i.e., democracy) does not work to address their issues and that the new, "I alone can fix it" autocracy is the way to go. This only works on the ignorant and is why the "lying" press is attacked so viciously.
Of course Trump is the “Antichrist!” For all the reasons laid out above. Whatever works.
Viewed through the wider lense of empirical facts in an observable world, the stories we tell ourselves to make sense of life according to our more narrow personal viewpoints, such as religion and politics, are not that important. As long as outward reality is not denied and the proper response is not suppressed, what someone might believe or the terminology they might use, metaphorically or not, doesn’t really matter.
So, the larger question remains: Will we as a society through our agreed-upon, established, Constitutional institutions — Congress, courts, media — hold powerful, rich, white people, virtually all male, accountable for their ubiquitous, murderous crimes against democracy and humanity, obvious for all to see?
If not, what good are we? And what good is our so-called “democracy” when it fails its most crucial test? If we can’t even bring our own authoritarians to account, how will we ever cope with the rise of autocracy around the world?
How many “good” Germans, during Hitler’s rise to power, wish they would not have succumbed to the right-wing propaganda of their time, which stripped an established democracy from them and plunged the world into war, while they basically sat by and did nothing, trusting their god-like leader to do the right thing in the end?
“Ignore” is the root meaning of ignorance.
In response to your "larger question": As I see it, there is only one way to "hold the powerful, rich, white people...accountable..." and that is through the DOJ, the AG, and rest of the legal system. No justice there after all that's occurred since 1-20-2017....then there's nothing left of our country worth saving. I wouldn't even advise a civil war !
Answer to "larger question:" highly unlikely, given historical lifespan of "democracy." But maybe look more into economic pre-conditions to rise of Hitler. Treaty of Versailles sanctions post WWI. Democracy wasn't on their minds: paying a wheelbarrow-full of cash for a loaf of bread was.
Authoritarian leaders always exploit the negative conditions "their" people are suffering to consolidate a power base, usually by scapegoating the "other" people who are responsible for all the misery. It's the standard playbook: Convince your base that the old government (i.e., democracy) does not work to address their issues and that the new, "I alone can fix it" autocracy is the way to go. This only works on the ignorant and is why the "lying" press is attacked so viciously.