I wrote a post earlier today about a British geneticist, Dr. Gordon Strathdee, who had lived in the United States for four years, and believes that, by 2028, the U.S. will fall under military dictatorship. He believes this, not because of Trump per se, but because of the mentality of the typical American voter. I hope you’ll read his incredibly astute comments here.
In the earlier post, I argued against Strathdee’s position, but I’ve given a great deal of thought to this matter over the years since Trump came on the political scene here in 2015, and I agree that there is considerable reason to be concerned about this outcome, that strokes the civilized world as being so horrible.
To summarize Strathdee’s thinking in two quick statements:
1) A solid percent of U.S. voters love Trump and everything he stands for, and there are exactly zero deal-breakers here, certainly no criminal misconduct. Did his supporters bat an eyelash when the president, deposed in the 2020 election, tried (and nearly succeeded) in overthrowing the U.S. federal government? Not for a millisecond.
2) Given this, the American people are getting exactly what they are asking for. They adore Trump’s blend of racism, cruelty, and his extending his middle finger to our nation’s traditions, e.g., working against the world’s dictators, working in concert with our allies, and accepting of the findings of the courts.
I’m sure this isn’t going to impress too many of my readers, but there is a certain justice and rightness in giving the people what they want. I need to accept the truth, i.e., that I live among tens of millions of grossly undereducated people who are thrilled with what’s happening here, and are going to be extremely resistant to changing their thinking.
We need to keep in mind that this situation is not at all limited to the United States. Until recently, Hungary, with its history of great art, architecture and especially music, was one of the most enviable societies on Earth. Now, they have a ruthless dictator. The precise mechanism behind all this I don’t know, but what about this suggestion: The people wanted one?
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Fortunately for us all, no other country on Earth operates this way.
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I know there are people who believe, perhaps because this is what they’re told by Donald Trump, that climate change is a hoax. But are there people who don’t believe in cancer? In the importance of our country’s investing in the industry that is destined the dominate the 21st Century?
Trump will be gone soon. Maybe you and I will be gone (in a different sense) before the effects of this administration’s folly in the EV and cleantech industry are fully felt.
But it’s inevitable, unless we turn this around, and soon.
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