I don’t see the United States in the year 2026 as similar to Nazi Germany in the 1930s. A couple of smartypants Canadian friends of mine see it that way, but they are fraidy cats. One was too scared to visit Detroit before Motown declared bankruptcy, and the other doesn’t understand baseball, even Baltimore baseball. Surely you can see my challenges here.
Of course things are going horribly wrong, but I think it’s happening out of ineptitude, and people just wanting to make a quick buck. I don’t believe that most elected Republican officials are meaning of harm, I just think they are ignorant. And greedy, very greedy. They want to make a LOT of money for themselves. Some people move to Canada from India, some move from Trump Tower to The White House.
ALL of our “leaders” are well-groomed Grifters
GOP big shots are no different than NFL or NBA players or even Hollywood actors. They have to be trained, groomed, focused, and “disciplined” to achieve that “eye on the prize”. It could be getting elected, or it could be getting a scholarship, or it could be getting a pro ball contract; the goal, the ends are the same. And the ends do not justify the means.
And by saying Hollywood, I believe Democrats and those on the left are just as goddamn dumb and ignorant as the GOP. Probably dumber.
Even AOC, whom I agree with more than 90% of the time politically, is there for the money. She initially ran to achieve social mobility. That is well documented. MGT did the same thing, then Marg (try not to say it as they did in Fargo) came to her senses and got out.
The future’s so bright, i gotta wear shades
A couple of drinks ago, I had a couple of weeks with two old friends. Wait, that was… …you get the picture. It’s been like that since at least 2020. My point is that I was having drinks with very old and very dear American friends of mine. Their young daughters were with us, not drinking, and it was reassuring. These are all good people. Excellent people, with a bright future, and it doesn’t fucking matter what vile imbecile happens to live in the gaudiest house in Washington DC or Bumfuck Florida: American people are good and excellent, and the future is fine.
I’m lucky to have these reaffirmations about the state of the United States every so often.
People are still getting married, investing in the future
A couple of years ago, and a couple of hours away from my house or more, I was at a wedding in Ann Arbor, Michigan. While the city that is home to the University of Michigan may not exactly be a deep red jurisdiction, i can tell you that there were Americans assembled in that building that came from far and wide, and after having the pleasure of meeting a great many of them, i’m all-in on my wager that there wasn’t a Nazi in the bunch, even tho most did not share my musical taste. They were receptive tho!
Some people say we need to get more good people involved in politics.
I say, why sacrifice good people to such a worthless and vile endeavour?
Throwing good people into active volcanoes would do less harm.
ChatGPT summary of my rant:
The whole rant boils down to this: stop with the “America is turning into 1930s Germany” melodrama. Things feel chaotic not because goose-stepping authoritarians are taking over, but because politicians of every stripe are greedy, dim, and obsessed with status and money. The writer lumps GOP figures, Democrats, athletes, and Hollywood into the same bucket of fame-hungry hustlers.
Despite the political circus, the country isn’t rotten at its core. Ordinary Americans encountered at weddings, bars, and family gatherings are decent and sane, and that decency matters more than whoever is stinking up Washington. The author has more faith in the people than in the institutions, and thinks pushing “good people” into politics would be like tossing them into a volcano for no reason. The future looks stable because the public is better than its leadership.
Cruddy image Gemini made based on the above:
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