Simply not true. Trump, and the Trump era so far, has had a tremendous impact on my life. My inner life, my peace of mind, my psychic state, these are all quite important to me. I told you already, I recognized who Trump was, and what he surely represented, the very day he descended the escalator in Trump Tower, in 2015, and announced. If someone had told me, back in 72, when I was defending my thesis, which involved examining the intellectual roots of 20th century fascistic movements in Europe, that that education would be as illuminating as it has been, some 50 years later, well, I just could never have foreseen that. Instead, I have never been more grateful for having that very education. This focus on my part started that very day in 2015. I never expected any of this, but the effect of Trump has been overwhelming on my inner life. I truly wish none of this horror show was transpiring in, and to, my country, but it is, and I am constantly filtering events through my background, my education, etc. It’s actually more that, than the media you think I’m addicted to….
Look at it this way: I like to tell my friends “never sleepwalk through that portion of history that is your’s to live”. So many people do. I don’t. The past informs the present. I understand the present moment, to the degree I believe I do, because what I understand regarding the past casts a bright spotlight on the present. And while I would not trade my education for anything, esp. now, I also sometimes think of how blissful it must be to be ignorant of all this.
Look, you can interpret and have an opinion on what I am trying to say in this comment that dismisses me as dangerously obsessed, deluded, divorced from reality, any opinion you want, but it’s silly to tell me Trump has had no impact on my life. My inner life is essential. And there are people suffering depression over Trump and what he has done to this country. I absolutely feel myself in that very position at times, and know others who experience that as well. That qualifies as “an effect”, and it would be silly to suggest it does not. His greatest crime, the one that stands the chance to cause the greatest damage to our body politic, is the Big Lie. Creating a situation, where henceforth a significant percentage of the electorate will regard our elections as simply not trustworthy, lacking integrity, poisoned with cheating, is one of the very worse things a president can possibly do to his fellow citizens. And his nation. Solid proof that Donald Trump does not even care one iota about the nation that elected him president. The United States means absolutely nothing to Donald J. Trump. That’s effectual in my world….
So, trying to be clear here. I understand it’s nobody’s business, and of no internet to anyone but myself, so I am sorry for carrying on in a personal vein, as I likely overdue that as is, but telling me Trump has no effect on my life is silly. You remind me of my friend a bit. He too thinks small. Thinks it’s all about Democrats vs. Republicans. No it isn’t. It’s about democracy vs. autocracy.