You could live next door to this guy.

It’s good to see that overt stupidity like this is on the decline.  Sure, 30% of American voters think this way, but very few are willing to display that ignorance in public.

In the semi-rural part of California that 2GreenEnergy “headquarters” makes it home, we’ve seen a huge reduction is Trump hats, banners, and so forth, especially since his second term began.  Now, this could due to the natural beauty of the region that is pulling well-educated and affluent young people up from Los Angeles.  It could also have something to do with COVID, where people working from home wanted to get of of the city and into a prettier and more relaxed setting.

But one has to think that MAGA means something more degraded with each passing day, as Trump commits a new atrocity or says something that betrays his lack of respect for the Constitution, his disgusting character, and his mental deterioration.

Things Could Be Worse

Ayn Rand was a “thing” in the mid-20th Century.  Libertarians point out, correctly, that governments tend to be bloated and corrupt.  And still today, many people advocate for small government.

What most of us have realized in the last 70 years, however, is that unbridled capitalism results in the centralization of power into the hands of a few billionaires who essentially own our lawmaking apparatus.  It leaves the rest to struggle with poverty, inflation, war, racism, sexism, pollution, climate change, poor education, and limited/no access to healthcare.

With a few exceptions, the super-rich really don’t care about the wellbeing of anyone but themselves, and this is resulting in the implosion of our civilization and the slow destruction of our planet.

Ayn Rand Was a “Thing”

In a better world, the International Criminal Court would have much greater power to prosecute war crimes.

Today, winding up at The Hague requires terrible luck, and it’s virtually impossible to happen to a Donald Trump or a Pete Hegseth, given the enormous military might that the United States possesses.

Contrast this to what happened to Slobodan Milošević, who was arrested when his countries, Yugoslavia and Serbia, were overthrown.

Prosecuting War Crimes Is Very Tough in the U.S.