No-Fight Leaders

The Democratic leaders decided to listen politely while the Fascists roared during the state of the union speech. There was no fight in the Democratic leaders. They will sit quietly through the end of democracy, always decent and hoping someone else will save them. 

A number of rank and file members waved signs. Brave Al Green got  thrown out, and several members left with him. Some members stayed home, boycotting.  

But the Democratic leaders called for polite deference.  They are useless. The party needs leaders who can connect with voters. 

Don't sit politely. Many families are about to lose their health care. 

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El Supremo

Trump's recent attack on President Zelenskyy was more than stabbing Ukraine. Trump was attacking western civilization.

This is my view (probably wrong). 

Trump's problem is that western civilization, as structured, blocks his pursuit of absolute power. If he can reconstruct the entire world system so that Putin rules Europe and China rules Asia. Then Trump, as El Supremo, can rule America, Canada, Mexico, Greenland and everything south to the pole. 

He is a textbook psychopath. 

Trump admires himself in the most grandiose terms. He is the world's leading expert.

Trump feels no remorse. He tells lies to control people. He acts impulsively. He's not faithful to his wife. He breaks the law. And so on.

Imagine being born with a half-billion dollars in your wallet. You are free to devote your time to any cause. 

You choose to spend your life cheating people, starting a fake college, a fake charity, promoting fake money. A convicted felon, you sell rubbish from inside the White House. But you aim higher--Trump wants to be Caligula but he will settle for being Putin. 

Weakling

Susan observed that Trump is now such a weak figure that he needs a "strong" man to protect him in public appearances. So far that farcical role has been played by Musk and Vance. 

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