It is possible because the party controlling the White
House for two terms is always in disfavor, always on the defensive about
some policy that has not worked out, about an economy that is never
good enough, about some foreign nation that gnaws at our aura of
greatness and invincibility.
It is possible because it is easier to call upon our base
instincts rather than our higher ones, to find compassion and charity
less compelling than hatred and selfishness, to see the benefits in
division not inclusion.
It is possible because it is harder to dig beneath the
surface and study rather than accept the superficial, because we want
easy answers to impossibly difficult questions, because we would rather
be entertained than informed.
It is possible because Donald Trump knows how to play on
our anxieties, our fears, our unhappiness,, our shortcomings.
It is possible because we let it be possible.
1 comment:
As usual, you have all the answers!
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