About two years ago I made a post titled the Conservative path to Oblivion and so far, nothing has changed to make that prediction eventually come to pass. A party that allowed itself to be hijacked by someone who says the quiet part out loud waking up every bigot and radical that ever drew breath. A person who has been convicted of rape, fraud, six times bankrupt, engaged in an attempted overthrow of a legitimate elected government, a tax cheat, attempted to bribe a foreign head of state, attempted to change votes in an election. Cheated numerous contractors and investors in his so-called business enterprises, draft dodger, humiliates gold star families, the deliberate choice in taking possession of a massive collection of classified documents and for what purpose, bed time reading? He has run up more debt than any president in history and the list goes on and on. This is the Maga mob choice as the best person to run a country, with opinions that are molded from tailor made information services that is never going to tell them anything other than what they want to hear. In other words choosing Tribe over Truth! Welcome to news that is manipulated in the 21st century, where thousands of real journalists keep losing their jobs while a large slice of the population decide their choice on government based on conspiracy theories in tick tock videos.
The GOP have not passed a bill in decades, (with the exception of tax cuts which run up a world record debt) their only playbook is to incite fear & anger with their base and not do a damn thing to improve how the country is run. In fact, they actually sabotage the running of government in order to create more chaos. The same with a large percentage of Christian evangelists who blend in with Maga seamlessly behaving just like a cult not capable of critically thinking. Accepting everything they are told by their own enclosed propaganda bubble. Most of which is aided and abetted by all of America’s adversaries who pump out a firehose of lies with technology any time an adverse truth comes to light. Just look at the Taylor Swift super bowl conspiracies, if only they knew where these originate from. It’s the same with NATO, these vital western alliances have allowed the world to function and trade while keeping the peace for the most part since WW2. In Trump world none of this big picture stuff ever filters through, it’s a fantasy existence like blaming China for global emissions with climate change yet the West have been emitting for 100s of years long before China started doing the West’s dirty work and were still on push bikes until the later part of the 20th century. Lack of support for the war in Ukraine is another short sighted approach from extremists on the right because they don’t think it is ever going to effect them.
There have been many Republican administrations over the decades who made promises of looking after their flock but in reality, there is only a small percentage of the flock they look after. The figures speak for themselves, Reagan may have been the best performer on the GOP side but he is surpassed by only democratic administrations. His blip on the chart also had long term negative effects on the economy especially the trickledown theory where the wealth gap exploded in that era and still stands today. Yet rather than admitting mistakes, conservatives find obscure ways to blame the other guy as the cause. Since 1945 Democratic administrations have provided 75% of all job creation in the USA while Republicans have provided 84% of all recessions in the same country. A mindset that is quick to point the finger but fails to admit mistakes. It is the same with religions, all forms of religions only evolved from a timeline in human history when human sacrifice was considered the best solution for good crops next season. All of these Religious icons seemed to make their presence felt during that time period and while it was thousands of years in the making, perhaps one of those icons might have thought it wise to make an appearance in the 21st century. A much more sensible timeline where humanity has embraced science to improve itself along with building a vast knowledge library. Religion has always been a form of population control, and while it does some good it is also responsible for numerous wars and millions of deaths. Every human is born with a moral compass regardless of religion and while some ignore it, they still know right from wrong just by life experience. Yet all around the world cultures are forced to adhere to a religious template many centuries old that basically does not allow critical thinking to challenge those beliefs. The GOP are exactly the same in the way they indoctrinate and enforce an ideology built on a house of cards. Their God is Greed and they shalt not share. A mantra that is superb when building a country from nothing but it cannot be sustained with the same mantra after it is built, there are numerous other factors that start to come in to play. Growth is not endless, there is always a point of no return where growth has to be contained and managed. As resources and the environment are not infinite to endless expansion. Conservatives however want to always keep that point in the far distance, or the more common expression keep kicking the can down the road and will argue that it’s something never to be concerned with now especially if it means radical change. That is the foundation of conservatism, no change, no corrections. Like keep swimming out to sea while a massive tsunami wave is comming straight for them. Climate change is a classic example of that, let alone the mounting global waste problem & the rise of dictatorships!
In the end facts matter, it is the corner stone for survival. Like all these dictators raising their heads in this new world of misinformation. It provides the perfect platform for these would be Kings to gain power. While they use the same playbook they have always used, the tools for doing it are far more advanced & effective in this technological age because there is an audience always on tap. That’s why these regimes also end up in wars, it doesn’t matter what country it is. If it is run by a dictator or an oppressive government that is not a true democracy then as soon as they get into extreme economic hardship it is time to get into a conflict with someone in order to deflect away from their own mismanagement. So either out of nowhere or sometimes with a long time build up a phantom enemy is created to deflect that incompetence and it won’t matter if this means sending a significant percentage of their population to their deaths. But how much sense does it make invading a country who doesn’t want you there, not exactly big picture thinking. However if you control the media and the message you can lie as much as you want. It’s about an addiction to power & the welfare of the country is never a concern. Trump is exactly this type of individual; always playing the victim and will lie every time he opens his mouth.
If the economy is good, he will say it’s bad. Everything will be the opposite to the truth, from immigration to the benefit of western alliances. The fact that the GOP in America now runs with this type of crazy agenda is just astonishing to the rest of the world. The days where they had people of integrity in this party are long gone. Which also translates to the state governments as well, there is no room for the John McCain’s or Liz Cheney’s of this world any more. The crazier you are the more they like you and it has nothing to do with advancing the countries interest. Biden might be old but it would not even matter if he was comatose he has the smarts & the experience to surround himself with capable people who actually run the country, the facts speak for themselves. With Trump it’s the total opposite, he only surrounds himself with loyal lunatics who mostly end up in jail. Meaning a vote for Trump is a vote to destroy your own country & probably world stability with trade & commerce that we all have known post WW2. That puts a lot of power into the hands of few gerrymandered regions of misinformed voters which actually decide the election not the popular vote. A person who has avoided paying dues his whole life up until now by throwing sand in the gears of justice and using loyalists to pay for his crimes. Hopefully for the good of all mankind his time as well as the party aligned with him is running out!