On Fear and trump

 

 

He says that his ability to create fear is his strongest weapon.

 

“Real power is – I don’t even want to use the word – fear.” - Presidential candidate Donald J. Trump in an interview with Bob Woodward and Robert Costa on March 31, 2016, at the Old Post Office Pavilion, Trump International Hotel, Washington, D.C.

 

That may happen because his targets intellectualize their own fears and do what he would want them to do in order to prevent him from doing so. He does not need to do anything if his targets do it to themselves first.

 

“A coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once. It seems to me most strange that men should fear, seeing that death, a necessary end, will come when it will come.” ― William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

 

Billionaires and corporate CEO's who anticipate how to appease him actively participate in harming their own interests.

He is a bully. He will use your fear against you. He will have you do things to destroy your interests and self-respect, just because you have already given him permission to do that.

 

"If you can't eat their food, drink their booze, screw their women and then vote against them, you have no business being up here."

 

That actually comes from Jesse M. Unruh, who was the Speaker of the California Assembly! Cannon, Lou (1987-08-06). "Jesse Unruh, a 'Big Daddy' who gave politics and power a bear hug". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2023-05-02.

 

Our national wealth and security is created by the effective rule of law. When a person or organization gives him permission to break the law, they harm their own property and interests as well as their own self respect.

 

If you harm your personal interests, then you harm the interests of all the people who depend on you. CEO's who appease him harm the interests of their shareholders and employees.

 

And that appeasement harms the National Security of the United States.

 

The better approach is to flatter his ego and defer taking any action that will harm yourself and your dependents.

 

He owns you when you voluntarily appease him. He will use that to reward you with a small reward and then humiliate you on the national stage. RFK, Jr., was forced to eat a McDonald’s meal at his table with a photographer recording the event. RFK may get a Secretary appointment, but he is there to be the fall guy when trump causes a pandemic.

On a personal note, I have engaged with a very small sample of trumpies. I find that when I ask for proof of their statement, they fade away like a wisp of fog.  I encourage everyone to vocally disagree with any trumpie you encounter, and than ask for evidence supporting their assertion; this will include trump himself......