Michael1942's Blog

Apparently, the lessening of historical information is evident in our politics. The banning of books, the removal of true history in schools and lack of “civics” education all should remind us of the reason for 1933 – 1945 world war and it’s aftermath. One (1) person played on the woes of their countrymen to persuade them that they were being targeted by a specific group of citizens and those “people” were the reason for their problems. Fast forward to 2016- the most unlikely candidate for President of the United States gains that position. This event provided some of the same primal issues that resulted in our Civil War as well as a basis for the later European, then worldwide conflicts resulting in millions of lives lost, countries devastated and a long slog to normalcy. During that time of “normalcy”, the United States continued its “Jim Crow ” ways resulting in years of repression for anyone who was considered “less than”. This underlying layer of America appeared to be subsiding at one point but was rapidly revived with the election of DJT. aka, LOTUS, Orangeman or any of several other sobriquets. Using the same (less than or othering) playbook DJT took on the office of President and proceeded to run it as he ran his businesses with an iron fist and no plans other than whims (against expert advice in many cases). Aided by a group of sycophants and Neer do well Congressional members, laws were enacted which had no basis in the real and overall needs of the country.