How Did Trump Happen?
Assuming that Trump is ultimately unsuccessful in overthrowing the U.S. federal government, there will be an ongoing conversation about the content of the meme here.
We will never stop wondering how it was possible that a man who was roundly regarded as a deranged moron by so many intelligent and highly accomplished public servants who worked directly with him over a period of many years, came to rise, through a free and fair election, to become the most powerful person on Earth?
Of course, the reason this is on so many people’s minds is that it appears that there is a good chance that he’ll be re-elected.
Things that would be inconceivable anywhere else in the developed nations of Earth make perfect sense here in America.
Here, Socrates reminds us of the problems associated with being what is essentially a tribal species. We tend to look for differences between us, rather than similarities. Then we use these perceived differences as motivation for hatred and, often, violence.
As I told my mom on the phone last night:
In response to the meme here, an appropriate response might be: says who?
Here’s an article in 
From Aldous Huxley: “The greater part of the population is not very intelligent, dreads responsibility, and desires nothing better than to be told what to do. Provided the rulers do not interfere with its material comforts and its cherished beliefs, it is perfectly happy to let itself be ruled.”
Here’s Bobby Kennedy’s assertion on our society’s resistance to change. He certainly nailed something important, but I would argue that what we’re looking at now, several decades after his death, has a far uglier and meaner look on its face.
In a recent post I commented that 
Over the years, I know I’ve recommended 
So the laws of the land apply to every one of us–except for the single most powerful?
