(February 14, 2020 at 3:17 pm)Brian37 Wrote:(February 14, 2020 at 2:16 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Yes, hindsight is 20/20, but attempting to see into the future is more difficult.
Boru
To assume that Trump is anything less than harmful to our republic, at this point is foolish.
It isn't a matter of seeing into the future like bullshit psychics. It is a matter of historians, and political experts who have studied human history, like a meteorologist studies the atmosphere.
One cannot predict the nanosecond a hurricane starts, they cant even predict on a hour to hour, day to day basis what the category will be. But they CAN and do know the conditions that have the potential to lead to such.
Politically speaking, in human history, dictators and tyrants that rise all use the same tactics. Vilify political rivals. Scapegoat and vilify outsiders. Attack dissent. Offer themselves up as the only solution.
Conditions can lead to a cat 1 or a cat 5, and the outcomes are different every time. But the conditions that lead to the start of a hurricane are still the same, regardless of category or outcome.
The only thing that stops tyranny is vigilance, not assuming.
And yet you assume that anyone would be an improvement over Trump. You can’t possibly know that unless you can see into the future.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
