The current state of the social and political situation in
my home country is troubling. There two
ways leaders can lead: by uniting or by dividing. Trump has chosen the easier path, to
divide. It has been puzzling to me how a
bullshit artist con-man, with cognitive potential of a 10 year old, the impulse
control of a 6 year old, and moral compass of a rock can end up president of
the US of A. How could that happen?
David Friend sums it up succinctly in his book, The Naughty Nineties:
… civility has been trumped by
hostility, respect by chauvinism, tolerance by bigotry, truth by fabrication
and deceit, privacy by exposure, modesty by exhibitionism, achievement by fame,
shame by shamelessness, and bridges by walls.
I wish I’d said that.
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