Be very aware. This is not an
accident. These two are human shaped attrition of systemic muck. This is what
happens when democratic institutions of powerful societies are compromised primarily
by complacency and condescending ways of the elites. Institutions crumble while
the façade is celebrated. When politics is neatly divided into simplistic (indeed ridiculous) binary for
ease of mock fights and power share. This binary is easily taken into
extreme by opportunists wherein issues are complex -people’s existential context
makes it dynamic and evolving. No issue is fixed in time but with binary politics
it is frozen in deep space and used as and when needed without any outcome or resolution but
to capitalize on emotions. This is what happens when democracy is reduced to
nepotism of powerful people who use and undermine institutions. Lobbying is
nothing but crony capitalism that severely undermines democracy. Did they ever
try to rectify it? Wanton consumption driven capitalism supported by ecosystems
of power and greed see world as resource. The world is limitless resource for their gargantuan
greed that kept neoliberal exploitation thriving. They spread these neoliberal
values as investment friendly narration onto poorer societies where the
charlatans replicate these exploitative frameworks as development. The deceit also kept
the war machine churning for profit. They attacked Iraq and destroyed the
region for ego satisfaction. Corporate meanwhile presented itself as harbinger of freedom
and choice which meant nothing. They took away meaning from meaningful. They emptied
and vandalized everything of everlasting value and left mockery. As is the case,
to paraphrase Nietzsche, when you deal with mockery all the time mockery stares
back at you. US has become a mockery. With all system checks compromised they are imploding. It is saddening considering the potential
and the impact on the world.
Trump is a mockery, not only on the
idea of democracy, but humanity itself. That US nurtured this colossal BS (there
is absolutely no other way to describe this fellow) into leadership position is
a mockery on its tall claim as leader of the free world. Musk is a realtime mockery
on the idea of capitalism and an exact representation of neoliberal horror. It is not
surprising that both lack any redeeming human quality whatsoever, and without the
system that nurtures these, they will be utter useless and not even be allowed in any decent human gathering.
Most powerful man and richest man are shallow people with underdeveloped adolescent
minds is a stark presentation of systemic failure that nurtured these ridicules into topmost reckoning. The lunatic fringe is amplified and mainstreamed. Truth no longer matters. It's a breakdown of sanity and civility. US is a lesson on complacent
world. Whatever you cherish could vanish within moment if you are not alert and
vigilant.
