"Millions of Americans, stung by the electoral rebukes of their fellow citizens, have become so resentful and detached from reality that they have plunged into a moral void, a vortex that disintegrates questions of politics or policies and replaces them with heroic fantasies of redeeming a supposedly fallen nation."
The electoral rebuke that stung them bitterly was Obama's election.
#Trump #Republicans #grievance #vengeance #retribution #CrueltyIsthePoint #ChaosAgents #NoAdultsintheRoom
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"These voters are not settling a political score. Rather, they want to get even with other Americans, their own neighbors, for a simmering (and likely unexpected) humiliation that many of them seem to have felt ever since swearing loyalty to Trump.
A lot of people, especially in the media, have a hard time accepting this simple truth."
#Trump #Republicans #grievance #vengeance #retribution #CrueltyIsthePoint #ChaosAgents #NoAdultsintheRoom
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"The Republican base actively embraces Trump’s grievances; it emulates his pettiness; it supports his childlike inability to accept responsibility. These voters are not sighing in resignation and voting for the lesser of two or three or four evils. They are getting what they want—because they, too, are set on revenge."
~ Tom Nichols
#Trump #Republicans #grievance #vengeance #retribution #CrueltyIsthePoint #ChaosAgents #NoAdultsintheRoom
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All in a day's time, Kevin McCarthy (R) elbowed Tim Burchett (R) in the back; Markwayne Mullin (R) challenged Teamster Sean O'Brien to a fight; and James Comer (R) called Jared Moskowitz (D) a smurf. All this in Congress….
Jay Kuo wonders if it's time to shut the GOP down, since it's clearly melting down in real time, and this endangers the whole nation.
#Republicans #violence #dysfunction #threats #retribution #insurrection #Trump #NoAdultsintheRoom
https://twitter.com/rbb24/status/1371909009607946243
Was wohl hinter dieser Bockigkeit alles steckt?
- schlechtes Gewissen ggü. bisher im Stich gelassenen KMUen, aber auch #MagischesDenken
- erdrückende Last der Regierungsverantwortung vs. #StartUpHype & #SoftwareIsEatingTheWorld
- Unfähigkeit, über selbst nur eine Jahreszeit weit hinaus zu denken: #NoAdultsInTheRoom
- Unwillen, auf Experten zu hören & zu tun, was notwendig ist: #PeopleHaveHadEnoughOfExperts
William Lindsey 
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