The Study
The Authors
The
truth: “… government of the
people, by the people, for the people...” – from Lincoln’s
Gettysburg Address.
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My
Introduction: I
can't say with 100% certainty who is behind the careful plan to bring our
system to a halt, but the level is distrust in our entire system is the worse I
have seen in my life. In short, no one trusts or believes anyone anymore about
anything. They have a short attention span and never heard of critical thinking
or in depth research.
Only their own doubt and distrust drives them and then that is based on their own opinions and that is based almost solely what the latest snappy TV sound bite, or website blood red headline.
Only their own doubt and distrust drives them and then that is based on their own opinions and that is based almost solely what the latest snappy TV sound bite, or website blood red headline.
Truly, the info age is great but only to a
certain extent but for those who choose to trust or distrust the truth based on
facts and not views or opinions or second-hand guessing.
The post for today: This story says it far better than I can. It comes from Vox.com here in part.
Also, this Harvard book and authors review here – extract:
“This is one
of Trump’s most underappreciated political achievements of the year: consolidation of power over a party to which
he had scant personal or institutional ties.”
“And all signs are that if Republicans win in
2018, slavish loyalty to Trump will only grow more ingrained, especially
because Trump himself makes no secret that loyalty to him is the key to access,
and access is the key to policy influence.”
In their new book How Democracies Die, Harvard political scientists Steven Levitsky and Daniel
Ziblatt flag this as a key threat to democratic stability.
“Institutions don’t typically collapse under
sudden attack. Rather, if a
charismatic outsider emerges on the scene, gaining popularity as he challenges
the old order, it is tempting for
establishment politicians who feel their control is unraveling to try to co-opt
him.”
“From Mussolini
to Hugo Chávez, authoritarians end
up winning because these fateful
alliances end up leading establishment politicians to collaborate with the
demagogue not just on their points of policy agreement but on the demagogue’s
desire to dismantle critical institutions.”
My 2 Cents (as stated
above), plus this: Believe
it or not what we have seen and heard and know about Trump is this his skilled
and time-tested talent…
He demands to get and cling to an absolute one-man rule
and control over everything around him.
He gets that primarily by dishing out or buying favors
while demanding 100% loyalty from those around him.
If not, they face dire personal attacks and serious
consequences – all well-documented to date.
It is always Trump’s version of the facts and truth and
always on his terms. He claims to listen to all sides, but he never does in
reality – that unpredictable thing he has bragged about and proud of – but,
that can only go so far.
In short, facts be damned since he is a skilled
pathological serial liar and con-artist above all else and never can lose –
those around him can and do and will but not him.
How to define that “win” for
him – well, that’s the $64,000 question isn’t it?
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