When I was in university there was a young man, Matt, in our class who said he was an anarchist. People took this program because we wanted to make the world a better place. He was clear. I want to tear it down. Let other people build it back up. They will thank people like me who are willing to tear it down so they can start from scratch.
Trump very much reminds me of this man. Angry at a system that never gave Matt a chance dispite growing up in a middle class home, a free education (his parents were paying his way), free health care... Trump had way more advantages than most people and still rails how everyone id out to get him.
I very quietly asked him, "After you tear it down, how are people supposed to survive?" That was not his concern.
I tried again. "After you tear it down, no police, no garbage men, no doctors, teachers, road maintenance. No power, no gas for your car, no street lights. No food in the stores. No jobs. So no money for rent or mortgages therefore no home. No phones or anmbulances to take you to closed hospitals. So why should people thank you?"
He bumblued along, muttering but had no answer. I'm patient. But nothing. I don't think he ever thought it through. The rest of the class sat silent.
I don't remember anyone talking to me about it after. Not him. Not the prof. Not the restbof the class. But it was sobering. Hopefully it gave everyone there something to think about.
Before the election people asked trump what his plan was. He had none. I have a plan of a plan, an idea. Nothing concrete.
When you want to change something in society, you need a plan. Before you take things down you need the replacement ready.
If you live in a town with a river there is most likely a bridge. But sometimes bridges need to be replaced. You prepare. You plan the new bridge. You lay its foundations and build the spans. You test it and make it is well built and safe. And only when you are ready with the new bridge do you close the old.
Trump had no plan. We see that in the chaotic orders and withdrawals, the promises broken, forgotten or amended. We see the double standard and who he wants to buddy to to, always looking for someone or something else.
Meanwhile other people seem to be running the country. The constitution, congress and the judiciary ignored.
Have you read the Constitution lately. Many if not most JWs have never paid attention. I have been reading it. It was and is a masterpiece on how to run a country. The First Amendment states:
Congress shall make no law of the establishment of religion or prohibiting free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people to peacefully assemble and to peacefully petition the goverment for redress of its grievances.
And that is just the beginning. The entire document starts with:
"WE THE PEOPLE..."
The founding fathers wanted no king, and no national church to tell them how to live in their new country. They left that behind. AND in its place they drafted the Constitution.
And in an amazingly short period of time trump has ignored all of it, has posted images of himself wearing a crown and even the popes garments and has allowed 2025 to take over the government destroying most of the freedoms that the Constitution gave them.
As a Canadian I am appalled at what is happening just a few miles from where I am.
Like many of you, I understand people who leave one cult and jump into another. I see people refer to trump as "Dear Leader".
I just wantbthe madman and the madness to stop. Sooner. Not later. Too many families and children will suffer. And 2025 is NOT a solution. It is a nightmare about to happen.
