As I am about to enter my 9th decade on this troubled world I increasingly find it harder to put my thoughts in to words and thus rarely share them here on Democracy Under Fire but it would seem that we must all speak out to save it from total mayhem.
The following short extract from a recent article on The Hill outlines perhaps the most troubling particular want to be dictator / authoritarian but we dont have to look far from home to see various 'leaders' with a similar mind set. World wide there seems to be an ever increasing movement to this mindset … or is it just that those of that inclination are more able to spread their divisive rhetoric easier with via the influence of 'social media' ?
“It is easy to drift into alarmed hyperbole about Donald Trump’s second presidency. The guardrails and principled advisers who discouraged his authoritarian proclivities during his first term are no longer there. Without them, and with his advancing age, he has become the most dangerous man in the world.
Some in the hyper-muscular manosphere (the so-called “secretary of War” is one) may consider that a compliment. It is not. The person who currently commands the awesome weapons of the presidency lacks the temperament, mental stability and moral compass required for the job. The American republic and the international order are hanging by a thread..................
The unadorned truth is that Trump’s broken moral compass, overactive testosterone, sycophantic staff, pathological narcissism, and extraordinary presidential powers make him a clear and present danger to the republic and the world...............
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5646761-trump-second-presidency-danger/
William S. Becker is co-editor of and a contributor to “Democracy Unchained:
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