Admittedly I don't do in-depth reading on modern politics because of its easy likening to an overripe cesspool...I'm not talking about just the politics, but also what is written about the subject...By their nature, in the quest for voter dominance politicians attempt to polarize issues, thereby attracting the weakest minds thinking that the majority of voters also have the lowest intelligence...
True statesmen, whose main interest lies in the restoration and subsequent preservation of a nation founded by men and women willing to sacrifice their own well-being and welfare for the common cause of liberty, will not set forth in the political arena...These potential candidates may refrain from offering their services in leadership for more reasons than one, including preservation of their own reputations, sanity, wealth and even privacy...
They, in their observations of the current political scene, know that entering such a fray involves competition with those whose lust for power overrides any concern for the welfare of human beings, morals or their own nation...The advice against fighting pigs in their own slop holds true, since the swine are known for their skills in their own environment, and for their enjoyment of dirtying those unaccustomed to it...
This leaves only the swine left in the pen to duke it out with their own kind in their attempts to gather the biggest pile of porcine wealth for themselves...This scrap heap of votes is provided by those voters weakminded enough to listen only to the siren serenades they hear, in addition to the votes from those of only a slightly stronger mindset who will add to the pile for one, only because they are voting against others they find even more offensive...
In my omissions from my reading list I may have missed the prior publication of many comparisons of current Republican frontrunner, Donald Trump and former National Socialist frontrunner, Adolf Hitler...My apologies therefore extend to those readers attuned to minds more geared to political observation than mine...The similarities may be more apparent to those of us who are long time students of 20th century warfare and its causes...
These are listed not in any order of importance, but rather as they move to the forefront of my memory:
- AH was linked to a number of one-way romances, all doomed to failure as his only true love was himself with his massive ego...Geli Raubal suffered in silence as AH wooed Eva Braun, who later resigned herself to the same fate as he accepted the fawning attentions of many other women...Ivana Trump was left to entertain herself as DT's affections moved toward Marla Maples, and subsequent other women, all showpieces...
- AH is infamously remembered as wanting to cleanse his own empire of members of a religion which he falsely blamed for the failures of himself and his contemporaries and predecessors...DT is ready to condemn members of another religion to life (or death) elsewhere, as long as his doting followers would feel safer by their removal...Both religions trace their roots to the same prophet...
- AH began his political career after a failed war which left his country burdened with an immense debt, and little chance of ever paying it...After years of blaming others for failure, he sought allegiance with a political party whose purposes he began to bend towards his own goals...DT made his lust for office known after a questionable end to a war in which there were no clear winners, but many losers and new enemies...He sought fealty from disgruntled members of a splintered political party...
- During his quest for the ultimate power, AH sought to arm his militant (yet non-military) supporters with superior firepower, and after ascension to his desired position, systematically disarmed the civilian populace in fear of being unseated...DT has supported positions from all sides of the gun control issue depending on whose favor he was currying...
- AH embraced both the right to life as he encouraged new birth (both within family confines, and through extra-marital dalliances) among his own kind, while imposing involuntary sterilization and euthanasia of humans he deemed inferior...DT has supported positions favoring both pro-choice and pro-life groups...
In avoidance of spoiling otherwise enjoyable discussions by the invocation of Godwin's Law, these thoughts do not appear in any of the public forums in which I participate...And for those wondering, Truckman declines nomination for any public office...In the words of William Tecumseh Sherman, in one of the only commendable decisions of his adult life:
“I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected.”
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I like the use of fealty, it is in a good spot within the story, and hopefully others will take a look at their hero's with that word in mind.
ReplyDeleteA politician expects that fealty to be directed only toward him/herself...A statesman only wants fidelity to his nation...
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ReplyDelete...I'm trying to keep up, Ben. Thank you for speaking the truth...
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