I don't think that it was greed or bigotry that put Trump into office. It was just us being us that did it, along with news media that covers politics like a reality show spectator event. We worship wealth and celebrity. We treat politics like entertainment. It is no surprise that a reality television star became president. We set ourselves up for that. And we haven't learned our lesson. Many among us clearly want to select the next president with the same mentality that they would use to choose what person they would most like to see as a reality television show star. "I really like Mayor Pete. I would so totally watch a reality television show with him in it!"
We seem to be determined to aggressively prove that democracy doesn't work. It's no wonder that millennials are saying that they don't have faith in democracy.
Also, it's not too surprising that many anti-Trumpers are feeling a bit disillusioned by their great variety of choice in the upcoming primaries. Trump is the worst that we have had since Andrew Johnson took over from Lincoln. But one thing that has been made abundantly clear by Trump's presidency is that no matter how opposed to it we are, someone else isn't going to make all that much of a difference. We are a nation of posers. We want someone who will pay lip service to all the right things, but won't actually change anything.
We seem to be determined to aggressively prove that democracy doesn't work. It's no wonder that millennials are saying that they don't have faith in democracy.
Also, it's not too surprising that many anti-Trumpers are feeling a bit disillusioned by their great variety of choice in the upcoming primaries. Trump is the worst that we have had since Andrew Johnson took over from Lincoln. But one thing that has been made abundantly clear by Trump's presidency is that no matter how opposed to it we are, someone else isn't going to make all that much of a difference. We are a nation of posers. We want someone who will pay lip service to all the right things, but won't actually change anything.
We do not inherit the world from our parents. We borrow it from our children.
