Featured Totalitarianism

I was thinking exactly the same thing. In fact, "change" was Obama's platform. (In truth, it could be applied to just about any political race...to include President Trump).

 

Looking at what President Obama did accomplish, who can blame the Republican Congress? Maybe those unrealized plans would have been great for our country. But it is only logical to judge the man by his fruit, not his promises.

 

The division, hate, and bigotry that you are now attributing to President Trump is the same division, hate, and bigotry that you've always spoken of on this forum. It is the same thing that you accused others of creating against BLM, against President Obama, and against the Obama administration. It is the same division, hate, and bigotry that you've accused those who opposed illegal immigration of holding. It is the same division, hate, and bigotry that you've accused of the political "pro-life agenda". It is the same division, hate, and bigotry that you see in law enforcement, and in businesses.

When I was taking psychology and working in the mental health field, one of the points that was driven home was to be observant. When a person accuses a multitude of people they oppose of certain negative attributes it is typically projection. They see division, hate, and bigotry under every rock because it is one of their own defining traits, although perhaps they are unaware. I'm not saying this is you, but I am saying you've been crediting everyone who does not hold your agenda as divisive, hateful bigots. Having read this for so long, please understand why it is so easily dismissed now.

 

If you were to come to a family reunion, you’d find a very multi-ethnic, working class bunch. I remember my father arguing against the KKK rallies held when I was a child. And I remember some issues with the Black Panthers. He always emphasized the equality of those two groups – although the people supported and the people victimized were different, the racism was identical. Evil cannot be wielded to make good as it corrupts the one holding it. This is the nature of evil, not just racism.

The situation of this past election was one of people being discontent with the evil in their nation. It was a circumstance where men and women voted against forwarding this evil across another term. This type of discontent and desire for change is in no way, shape, or form connected to the article of the OP. Totalitarianism exists when men and women allow evil to continue, and do nothing about it.

I think it obvious that the Obama administration was “anti-Christ”, but insofar as racism I don’t see it any better or worse than any other form of racism (except maybe in influence). Maybe the Trump administration will offer more of the same (with different people victimized). I don’t think so, I hope not, but I do not know as it is too early to tell.

Decades ago many Christians warned of immorality growing in our nation. But even six years ago I would have never guessed the speed into which the Democrat Party would sink into depravity, pulling the nation along with it. That was my first conclusion. But in retrospect, it could be that the Obama administration was only a reflection of what has already taken hold. If so, the Democrat Party merely reflects a humanistic type of evil that is already engrained at a grass-roots level in our nation. I now suspect that this is the case, and that my initial reaction was just that – a reaction, and a mistake. Fortunately the tide has turned for at least four years, but if my second guess is right this is only temporary.

Looking at the numbers (the votes vs the areas represented) and considering that the internal “boarders” are all but non-existent in our nation I do think that you will have your way, Crabtownboy, and that this current administration is just a pause on the path laid out for us. I believe that the liberal Democrat agenda will gather strength, normalize evil, and push forward even more though these four to eight years in such a way that will make President Obama’s wickedness pale in comparison. But I’m a pessimist, so what else would I be expecting. “The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.”

 

I disagree with a major point. Voters were not "fooled" into electing President Trump any more than voters were "fooled" into voting for Clinton. Those voting for Clinton knew the platform evil, they knew it "anti-Christian", and they knew it an immoral act. Those voting for President Trump knew his platform was not immoral, but that Donald Trump himself was known as an immoral man. Some people voted for evil actions (they voted for Clinton). Some voted for an immoral man to implement a moral platform (which is why I'm apprehensive), and others refused to vote for either, as their conscience dictated. But no one voted in ignorance, except it be willful ignorance (in which case, President Trump cannot be called in account for their self-delusion). I think even with President Obama’s initial candidacy, those who supported him knew he would stand for evil. They (not Obama) convinced themselves to vote for him because they wanted a change.

The only hope that I see is in the election of President Trump. Not because he will make everything right, but because this is an opportunity to divert from the path we've been on for decades. This is the one time a new political party can arise, the "two party system" (which is really one system) can change and be removed from the hands of politicians and special interest groups...but the pessimist in me says it will never happen.