25 Aug Is it REEL or Real
One does not have to stretch their imagination to comprehend the present dangers in our current society.
Whether from Shakespeare’s “Tempest”, Confucius quotes or from reading the speeches of ML Kings, if history is a guide we can glean the path we may unintentionally go down by ignoring the past. What has occurred before may be an eerie forecast as to what is next to happen.
Promising jobs, prosperity and restoring the greatness to our great nation is nothing new.
The rhetoric goes on and on, from Herbert Hoover promising a chicken in every pot and a car in every garage to Mr. Trump promise to bring jobs back to the US.
Then it gets scary. Trump’s make America Great slogan sounds a lot like Hitler’s make Germany great and restore its supremacy.
And no, Hitler did not over throw the German Government. Reparations forced on the German people after World War I created severe economic issues including severe inflation and then the Great Depression.
And similar to Mr. Trump on January 6th , Hitler tried to over throw his government, and initially did not succeed.
Through continual campaigning on economic, political uncertainties, propaganda and fear, Hitler’s Nazi Party began to focus on winning elections and through these victories, legal processes and strategic political appointments Hitler systematically destroyed the German state and its democracy.
Fast forward to today. With the advent of the internet, information is proliferated at blazing speed with little to no regard for truth in reporting.
Through the lack of will or conscience, the Congress, and elevated Trump appointees to the Supreme Court and agencies including US Attorney General, have rubberstamp and support the positions of Mr. Trump.
The sacred walls established in our Constitution have been slowly and steadily demolished so the checks and balances to control Mr. Trump and supporting our democracy no longer work.
Sowing the seeds on election integrity, Mr. Trump and the Republican Party is attempting to overhaul the elections steer the vote to be more favorable to their party, as white-working class voters would lose control if the dark-skinned people can vote.
Blaming all of the US’S issues on people of color, Trump first claimed Obama was not born in the US, then about Mexicans “They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people”. Based on the same fears and prejudices that Hitler used against the Jews, Trump is now using ICE to round up and kill illegals just like the Gestapo.
On growing the economy, Mr. Trump has the dubious honor of enormously increasing the deficit, to prior to now unimaginable amounts, while enriching the wealthy with extraordinary tax cuts. At the same time Mr. Trump cut the life line to affordable health care by elimination protections and subsidies provided under Affordable Care Act.
DJT also stands for DUMB JACKASS TAXES. Tariffs are a tax, plain and simple. They are a consumption tax that everyone pays. While under the guise to bring jobs back to the United States, Mr. Trump stated goal was to make goods more expensive to force companies to bring jobs back home. Sounds like a tax to me.
As the Chic-Filet advertisement states, “Eat mor Chickin”. At $6.00 or more for pound for chop meat, do not even think about a Strip or Porter House steak. When was the last time you could feed a family without taking out a second mortgage!!!
Move over Messrs. Putin and Kim. With the removal of personal freedoms including voting rights, lack of functional Courts, legislature, and law enforcement, in essence government as we know it, our democratic government is quickly disappearing for the sake of the acts of a Felon. Sounds like we are headed to an authoritarian form of government.
As the saying goes the past is prologue. Lest we pay attention to reality, the US will fast become a second-rate country.
Just a thought
The dumb guy
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