He is a billionaire for god knows
what reason, blatantly uses the loophole in the system to his own advantage and
easily manipulates institutions for his benefits. He is deceitful, misogynist,
rabid rabble-rouser, abuses marginalised and is downright vulgar arrogant buffoon
who is allergic to knowledge, indeed absolutely devoid of faculties of critical
thinking. This in a country that prides for its values of democracy and freedom,
land of civil right movements, and that is in many ways knowledge centre and has significant influence on the world. And yet the fellow is stupendously rich and powerful, and is a candidate
of a mainstream party in US election supported by millions of people. How did
this man reach here? To understand this we have to recognise the nature of
opinion building in the era of vicious market driven world and the entitled elite
who have been subverting democratic systems and institutions for their own advantage.
Common people are meant to be hoarded and utilised, so the search is for means to induce
the numbers. More numbers is the initiation of grounds for myth building and everything
else is streamlined around it, if needed be, even ethics can be manipulated to the requirements. Everything
is deemed just as long there is money and support. It’s about perceptions,
clever manipulations and complete disregard of facts. Qualities of basic decency
or subtleties doesn’t exist, indeed are seen as handicaps. People are fed every
minute these values, ways to sell and influence, these obnoxious traits and
attitudes is effectively normalised as they go for lowest commonest denominator
and very soon these are bludgeoned in enough that it becomes popular ways. It runs
on emotions, there is no space for critical thinking or logic based on verifiable evidence, everything is negotiable
if enticingly presented. It’s about playing around primal emotions, of fear, greed, hate, grandness of past so on, easy sentiments that afflict people with
limited control over mind, looking for excitement without any connection to
self or surrounding, and are generally disinclined to acquire knowledge or even
basic information -cognitive skills to understand. The way of thinking is increasingly attuned to satisfying/consuming the immediate. It becomes a competition that shifts easily to belligerence
and fantasy, as narcissistic positioning is seen as leadership while clever one
liner as blistering truth fetching arguments welcomed with applause and immediately convince some of
better world, the same as they sell millions of inane products for apparently no
reason. It is the easiest and irresponsible
way that is increasingly triumphing as it resonates among the growing number of
audience. Indeed converting human beings into audience is a significant happening
that undoubtedly is a milestone. Communication that is
devoid of any truth strikes at the emotions and makes one feel good about
oneself, it is as if people are gladly ready for exploitation or be taken for a
ride. It's in acute desperation that people are looking for alternatives, against the establishment, but the market driven system provides alternative in its own making, woefully inadequate and end up in such crazy situations. It is same that happened in the aftermath of Arab spring, the overwhelming Islamic system provided alternative of its own making.
It’s an amazing evolution, ironically in an age that presents so much possibilities as never seen before. Fact or truths that point to significant
lacunae in the claim doesn’t stick, indeed people aren’t bothered. A brain so
complicated and as brilliant as that of human being's is made ineffectual is an
incredible happening. Hence the rise and rise of disgrace called Trump. He may not win, but believe me it’s not over. Over the last few decades with the consolidation
of market ways and with easy connectivity large sections of Homo sapiens are dumbed down
to such unique ways that Trumps are set to rise all across the world. And yes a
better version of Trump could be around. It’s appalling, as if the world is shifting
under the feet, the signs are already there in the way market gets to work and
define our development. Everything is negotiable for a price. Unfortunately objective
realities of the world cannot be, and that is going to be a problem.
