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There was an article in the L.A. Times today that was shocking simply for the mere offhanded acceptance with which it can be written these days. Things like this should cause an uproar when printed, yet they don't, because we've been anesthetized to all this.
He doesn't listen to any contrary opinions. He doesn't accept any fact, science, data or perspective that doesn't support his preconceived rampages. Systematically, he's ridding all levels of the government, industry and society of anyone who disagrees or is independent. The ugly stonewalling on creating the Homeland Security Department until he could abolish all of the unions and have unquestioned firing authority are despicable when viewed through the prism of destroying worker rights, but they're CHILLING when seen as an extension of having total dictatorial control over intelligence and enforcement. Intelligence with a bias is worse than useless: it's incorrect.
No human being is smart enough to see what's coming; this is why planned economies fail, and this is the downfall of totalitarianism. Unfortunately, though, downfalls take time and often many, many lives.
It is, literally, a form of psychosis: reality is what he says, regardless of any evidence. Couple this with a belief in an afterlife and personal guidance by a supernatural being, and he is bound by none of the qualms of decency that hold humankind together. He is the proverbial bull in a china shop. Not only that, he's a myopic, skittish, ignorant and vindictive bull; truly, he's an example of the arrested development that can happen to the extremely privileged.
Just making it up as he goes along.
Oh, and those pants are burning.
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