Until fairly recently, it appeared that civil rights in the United States were making solid progress.
But now, there is an entrenched population of white nationalism, all led by the president of the United States. All this hatred and ignorance extends far beyond racial bigotry itself; in fact, it spreads into dozens of arenas that are collectively called “anti-science,” e.g., climate denial, anti-vax, etc.
The cryptic title to this post comes from an encounter I had with a guy earlier today in which he said, “Trump is institutionalizing hate.” I replied that most of us use the verb “normalize,” but I like “institutionalize” just as well.
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Trump’s Only Real Talents: Attracting Attention and Controlling Morally Weak People
Trump is not an idiot. His IQ may not be too high, but he’s smart enough to know how to conduct himself in his lifelong quest to amass more wealth and power at the expense of everyone else on Earth.
Trump’s Only Real Talents: Attracting Attention and Controlling Morally Weak People
At left we see the moral bankruptcy that guides our civilization.
I recall many years ago, when Musk was becoming a “thing,” writing a post to the effect that, “What a terrible shame. We really didn’t need just one more super-rich asshole on this beleaguered planet.”
It’s easy to understand how Trump has great appeal to the hateful idiots and the amoral rich.
It’s much harder to see how it’s possible that a huge number of eligible voters are uninvolved in guiding the future of the United States, with many of them saying that “both sides are the same.”
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