Get off your smartphone and look around

Can you feel the dictatorship? Do you feel it? Do you feel it coming?

I can.

I can feel dictatorship on its way. 

I feel it right here at home right now right here in the USA.

Trump’s approach in his second term feels different from his first term. It feels different from what I remember under Texas boss man LBJ, who despite accumulating a great deal of executive power ended up walking away from the Presidency. What Trump has done far exceeds the last “Imperial Presidency” of Richard Nixon. Nixon was paranoid and suspicious. He was not financially crooked as much as he was corrupted by his pursuit of power to cover over his insecurities and fears. Hence he walked away from Vietnam and was consumed by the Watergate scandals. Eventually Nixon resigned from the White House and was pardoned by his successor, Gerald Ford. Trump, however, admires presidents-for-life abroad and brags about winning a third term here in America. Continue reading →