Saturday, December 28, 2024

The General Is Playing With Paper Dolls

Well, I guess... I’ve given up seeing strategy in what Trump does. He’s just an incompetent boob. That scares people because he’s the President again; or because he gets what he wants and got where he is despite his clear infirmities. We think people should succeed on ability, not happenstance; happenstance like being born white and rich and arrogant. But ask Elon Musk; that’s really all it takes. 

Besides, what’s Trump paying attention to today?
Taking to his Truth Social platform, Trump, who rarely provides context for his rage-postings, wrote, "Are the Democrats allowed to pay $11,000,000, $2,000,000, and $500,000 to get the ENDORSEMENT of Beyoncé, Oprah, and Reverend Al? I don’t think so!" 
"Beyoncé didn’t sing, Oprah didn’t do much of anything (she called it 'expenses'), and Al is just a third rate Con Man," he wrote of the three Black Americans, before asking, "So what is going on here??? Totally against the law, and I have heard there are many others!!!"

Our mistake is thinking wealth is proof of value, if not merit. It’s a bedrock belief we hate to let go of. But Trump really has no merit except the happenstance of birth.

Stop looking for what isn’t there because you think it will disorder society itself. Learn the lesson of “Citizen Kane.” Or Howard Hughes. And the lesson of the gospels, about what real merit is.

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