This era is a testament to the infinite lies that will be bought and believed in the lost cause of restoring lost greatness. Nevertheless, the exorbitant rental of global hegemony is now spent. Donald Trump was their last chance at redemption. So I am told. We all live and die by our beliefs. As hollow and fraudulent as a human Twinkie as they may now be.
"We tried Super Clown. Cue Infinity Clown"
Forty years of recycled Ponzinomic failure is now running on MAGA glue fumes. Along the way, the American Dream was sold down to a Powerball lottery. The well-conditioned imperative to "believe" in the Darwinian economic model is all that remains of the strip-mined middle class. The corporate rocket has run out of useful carbon fuel to burn. Now it's falling back to Earth. Not for lack of trying is this con job ending. We are enduring existential lies right now, in order to keep this gong show scraping by day to day. Rapacious libertarians will be happy to know that this will not be a "socialist" outcome. All true believers have been duly fed into their furnace of Lost Boy ideology.
One might ask, why do Republicans constantly prey upon their own people? The answer is, that's what every empire must do to survive - cultivate a base of unquestioning drones. A reliable and thoroughly brainwashed loyal mob at the disposal of the hegemon. As it was in 1930s Germany, the appeal is white nationalism - the sacred duty to protect the master race. Fed by racism, hatred, and non-stop propaganda. These people must be willing to believe any lie, in order to remain steadfastly loyal to the cause to the very end, even as it's all unraveling in real-time. The appeal is always to some sense of lost "greatness", that can be easily regained through sheer belief. The appeal is entirely emotional as mob emotion always overrides fact.
To date, wealthy Banana Republicans have enthusiastically chased the money down the Trump rabbit hole. No amount of lying, fraud, corruption, or malfeasance has given pause for second thought. They are standing by Super Clown to the very end. As it was with Tricky Dick - Until he cost them money. And then they collapsed like a cheap tent. Revealing the only true "values" they hold near and dear - Me, now, fuck all y'all. Token generosity when times are good. Heart of cold stone when charity is really needed.
These bankrupt "values" are at the heart of what is wrong with society. No amount of self-interest can ever lead to life satisfaction. Spending an entire life as a refugee solely preoccupied with one's own material consumption only leads to a lifetime of self-absorbed depression. No sense of gratitude, and no context for what constitutes real adversity. No desire to live for anything beyond instant gratification. Call options on "more". Now checking out at a record rate. What kind of intervention can be made for a society taught from birth that competitive self-destruction is the ONLY way of life?
These bankrupt "values" are at the heart of what is wrong with society. No amount of self-interest can ever lead to life satisfaction. Spending an entire life as a refugee solely preoccupied with one's own material consumption only leads to a lifetime of self-absorbed depression. No sense of gratitude, and no context for what constitutes real adversity. No desire to live for anything beyond instant gratification. Call options on "more". Now checking out at a record rate. What kind of intervention can be made for a society taught from birth that competitive self-destruction is the ONLY way of life?
