Josh -- You have zeroed in on the horror of how unyielding GOP support of Trump II has blown this nation almost into full-on autocracy. The example of the doctor who continued to support lobotomy as 'cure' for mental illness is a particularly vivid & cogent analogy to what is occurring in the aftermath to Trump's demand for civilizational erasure of Iran. How history will regard this era I unfortunately will not live to see. Keep plowing ahead with your insightful writing!
The question is rapidly becoming....How will we handle all the collaborators with Trump and the Project 2025 agenda....the Stephen Millers....Pam Bondi's, Kash Patels, Kristi Noems., Jared Kushners...........and EVERY other person that sold out American values in the name of MAGA.....they pissed on our legs and told us it was raining and a third of the population BELIEVED that BS. As far as I am concerned, the Regime has acted so corruptly, so corrosive to honor and decency that a thousand Charles Mansons could never equate to the degree of evil that they have perpetrated. Every last one needs to be accountable before a court of law both here at home and a large number of them in the international courts....such as the Hague. Anything short of that is whitewash and allows the next Mango Mussolini, tin pot dictator to come in and do it all over again.
Jefferson said ""the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots...". I might suggest that the patriots be spared and feed that tree with rotting compost that is the MAGA ring leaders by parking their sorry asses in prison ....in solitary confinement....for life.
Thank you! I may write more about this. This was originally intended to be a broader essay discussing several different contemporary Oedipus Traps. But I decided to narrow the focus in the wake of Trump’s threats to Iran.
This is an articulate explanation of what happened top to bottom in the horrible transition from Weimar to NAZI Germany.
Trump’s secondary goal: call a national emergency and stop further elections. The GOP sure hopes so.
Josh -- You have zeroed in on the horror of how unyielding GOP support of Trump II has blown this nation almost into full-on autocracy. The example of the doctor who continued to support lobotomy as 'cure' for mental illness is a particularly vivid & cogent analogy to what is occurring in the aftermath to Trump's demand for civilizational erasure of Iran. How history will regard this era I unfortunately will not live to see. Keep plowing ahead with your insightful writing!
The question is rapidly becoming....How will we handle all the collaborators with Trump and the Project 2025 agenda....the Stephen Millers....Pam Bondi's, Kash Patels, Kristi Noems., Jared Kushners...........and EVERY other person that sold out American values in the name of MAGA.....they pissed on our legs and told us it was raining and a third of the population BELIEVED that BS. As far as I am concerned, the Regime has acted so corruptly, so corrosive to honor and decency that a thousand Charles Mansons could never equate to the degree of evil that they have perpetrated. Every last one needs to be accountable before a court of law both here at home and a large number of them in the international courts....such as the Hague. Anything short of that is whitewash and allows the next Mango Mussolini, tin pot dictator to come in and do it all over again.
Jefferson said ""the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots...". I might suggest that the patriots be spared and feed that tree with rotting compost that is the MAGA ring leaders by parking their sorry asses in prison ....in solitary confinement....for life.
Very insightful, thank you.
I for one would be interested to read more regarding the Oedipus trap and our current era. I think you’re onto something there.
Thank you! I may write more about this. This was originally intended to be a broader essay discussing several different contemporary Oedipus Traps. But I decided to narrow the focus in the wake of Trump’s threats to Iran.