Something I have mulled over since Trump first started running...is he really an adoration or is this exactly what happens when an empire starts to fold? This is a society built on slavery and its close cousin, crony capitalism. The republic outlined in the constitution was never meant to be a democracy, and never has been much of one. America has always been a society ruled by the elites with the sole purpose of serving their interests, and we now have an administration that fully demonstrates that fundamental truth. The very foundations of this society are unstable and untenable. There are not enough resources on the planet to maintain this level of consumerism and waste, and trying to appropriate them for the privileged few can only lead, ultimately, to a nuclear war.
It may well be, on the larger scale of human evolution on this little rock, that the fall of the US empire is not only inevitable, but necessary for the species to survive much longer. In that light, is the kamikaze corruption and head long rush over the cliff of the Trump administration really that surprising, or even that terrible?
The only real question is how each of us as individuals who were born into this society at this time, respond. Is there any way to overcome our history and actually build a just and progressive society out of what we have? Or should we sit back and let it fall?
It may well be, on the larger scale of human evolution on this little rock, that the fall of the US empire is not only inevitable, but necessary for the species to survive much longer. In that light, is the kamikaze corruption and head long rush over the cliff of the Trump administration really that surprising, or even that terrible?
The only real question is how each of us as individuals who were born into this society at this time, respond. Is there any way to overcome our history and actually build a just and progressive society out of what we have? Or should we sit back and let it fall?
