Is Trump a wannabe dictator?

Is Trump a wannabe dictator?

Before I answer that question, I want to address an example of obfuscation of the obfuscator.

I read an article on Substack. It supposedly addressed the real issue of trump corporate media and politicians making Trump out to be a president that is testing the waters with all his executive orders, as if he is an innovative and fearless explorer of political change. It doesn't seem to matter to the press or the other sycophants of Trump whether or not he is trampling on civil, personal, or political institutional rights that have been firmly established by tradition, fiat, or progressive civil behavior.

So far so good, I say.

But then, I was taken aback by the writers reference to Trump being a wannabe dictator and, in my contrarian mind, I digressed into asking myself, "why wannabe"?

This is where the adventure began. I wanted to comment but when I started to put in my comment, I was referred to a notice that I must be a paid subscriber in order to comment. I was merely a unpaid subscriber whereby I was getting dozens of substack articles of all stripes and, in all honesty, I rarely participate in these "new" social media apps but, it seemed to me, substack has some interesting writers and though they keep piling up in my email closet, I like reading them once in a while. So that's the back story.

I did want to comment so I relented and paid $70.00 for the next year just so I could comment. Once I paid, then I was guided through giving personhood ID, interested in?..? choices so they could send me relevant material based on my preference, and, I could start writing my own blog.

With that I found my way back to the comment block of the article I wanted to comment on.

I wrote, " I don't think calling Trump a wannabe dictator enhances the theme of your article because he is a fascist because he wants to capture the power of government in order to control the institutions established to 'balance' power by democracy. He also has successfully commandeered the political institutions of the government, no matter whether or not by 'democratic process', thus making him a dictator. Not a wannabe, at all. Just about every president in my lifetime, except for maybe Carter, has toyed (tested) their executive powers in order to bring us to this point. (full circle). Unfortunately, generational amnesia has played a part in this …" And to be honest that's all I can remember, except I ended with, "Thanks though, for making me think about it."

I pushed the post button, seeing my comment spring to life, then within three seconds, disappear.

In conclusion, yes, Trump is not a wannabe dictator, he is a dictator. I hope there aren't a group of readers out there in progressive land who think that if we just don't signify his stature as dictator, he won't be one, in fact, the opposite is true. The more we ignore, the more he is. Believe me, there is more and more every day we need to ignore, if we're going to make believe he is as human as you and I.

What we have to figure out is how do we get out from beneath the thumb of the lunatics who preserve, maintain, and have made this happen? Trump will eventually go, one way or another but who will build on what's next?

We, as progressives, are in a crisis. No matter how you see him, corporate wealth are what's run this country for a long time. Even when economies collapse, we pay, they instead of fall along with us, rise back up like the phoenix. (Please see 2008 and even 1929).

We've seen personal freedoms stunted, corporate freedoms enhanced.

It's worse than being just relative to history. What becomes repetitious, also becomes addictive. It's more than just saying, "it will pass", its backsliding into a morass of future pain, especially for those we forsake.

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