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Howsoever absurd the notion may even now appear, and notwithstanding how impractical its execution would prove, I remain convinced that Trump doth ultimately intend to exact from every American citizen a pledge of loyalty — of fealty — unto him, and unto him alone. I have been predicting some version of this for years — to the point that I have had many near heart attacks, and that is not an exaggeration. It hath not come just yet, I know; yet with every fibre of my being do I sense that it is coming in short order. My heart attack and Trump’s demand for loyalty both.
Perhaps the dumbest bloody country of all time — albeit China gave itself over to Mao, Russia to a succession of despots, and so forth — to have sacrificed everything for this thoroughly mediocre, elderly conman. It merely demonstrates how much the majority of the country hates liberalism, hates progress, and hates difference of opinion.
My entire life, I have carried this vague sense that our professed ideals of individuality and freedom of thought and expression were always hated by the most ostentatiously ‘patriotic’ types, even during the years prior to 2016, when I fancied myself a ‘patriot’. What is there to be patriotic about now? Donald Trump’s ascension, and the cult-like devotion millions bear towards this motherf**ker, confirmed for me that most people want conformity, not actual freedom. And they are getting what they voted for.
🪐💔 #QueSeraSera 𓅨 🕈
