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?
In 2001, I remembered being deeply disappointed that G.W. Bush had become our 43rd U.S president, on the basis that he was clearly unintelligent, and that the Republicans were already climate deniers.
That said, Bush was not criminally insane, and about half of all American voters would not support a psychotic in the White House.
Now, the vast majority of U.S. voters would be thrilled to trade out Donald Trump for the good old days of being led by a sane imbecile.
I can’t understand how a young history/poli-sci major who has become a social media “influencer” has superior credibility to tens of thousands of climate scientists, many of whom I know personally, who have been studying this subject since the 1970s.
Can someone help me here?
At first, I thought the meme at left was a joke, but upon further reflection, I realized that it was not.
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