Okay, you can't be on a spiritual quest full-time, but it's nice if you can be at least somewhat forward leaning no matter what else is going on. However, there are exceptions, or should I say - necessary exceptions. And this is one of those times. Given the insanity of US presidential elections, I would say that it's way too early to say anything. But it seems as they all have said enough to hang themselves in one way or the other with one group or the other. All of that could be chalked up to the usual political dysfunction, but one thing is way off the charts.
Are people so desperate or so abused that they are actually considering an egomaniac? Perhaps it makes sense that only someone like Donald Trump can change the way Washington does the people's business. Or maybe instead of "Make America Great Again," they see "Make White America Great Again." I suspect it's a lot of things that have accumulated over many years of inaction and not caring because no one had the fortitude to pay the political cost of doing something that was fair, honest and above all ...right.
Whatever is fueling the Triumphalism on the Right, seems similar to the emerging Egalitarianism on the Left where promises of making life better are seen as always said and never done. But somehow a liberal from Vermont has made many believe that this time it will be different. I'm not sure if Bernie Sanders is saying anything that much different than he has always said. It may be more that people in their search for someone who really believes in what they are saying have come to the point of actually listening. I would be a fool to make any predictions or say that something is changing in American politics. ...But it is curious and has the potential for change, even if it is just one politician at a time.
Are people so desperate or so abused that they are actually considering an egomaniac? Perhaps it makes sense that only someone like Donald Trump can change the way Washington does the people's business. Or maybe instead of "Make America Great Again," they see "Make White America Great Again." I suspect it's a lot of things that have accumulated over many years of inaction and not caring because no one had the fortitude to pay the political cost of doing something that was fair, honest and above all ...right.
Whatever is fueling the Triumphalism on the Right, seems similar to the emerging Egalitarianism on the Left where promises of making life better are seen as always said and never done. But somehow a liberal from Vermont has made many believe that this time it will be different. I'm not sure if Bernie Sanders is saying anything that much different than he has always said. It may be more that people in their search for someone who really believes in what they are saying have come to the point of actually listening. I would be a fool to make any predictions or say that something is changing in American politics. ...But it is curious and has the potential for change, even if it is just one politician at a time.
