William Lindsey 7h ago

"Something that's struck me about the Trump Administration throughout its second term is its profound misunderstanding of power. Over and over again, Trump and his minions demonstrate that they think they have a monopoly on power and that history will unfold as their actions without any reactions, a literally inconsequential view as in 'there will no consequences other than the ones we impose.'"

~ Rebecca Solnit

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Flowers Bloom on Soldiers' Graves: Lessons in Power and Consequence

What is power? It is at its most essential the ability to influence an outcome on any or all scales, to protect one's own at a minimum and to influence, even control others at a maximum. Violence is constantly misunderstood as power, and it certainly looks like power, and in

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Show threadWilliam Lindsey 7h ago

"It's a version of reality so simple I would not accuse a toddler of holding it; toddlers know well there will be reactions and consequences, because they know others have power. ...

The power the administration constantly squanders without understanding the consequences is soft power."

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Show threadWilliam Lindsey 7h ago

"Take for example, the fact that when Trump wanted European countries to help him re-open the Strait of Hormuz, which was only closed because of his feckless unforced mistake of a war, heads of state laughed at him because he'd destroyed the US's once-good relationships with a number of their countries with his threats against Greenland, waffling on support for Ukraine and NATO, and tariffs."

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Show threadWilliam Lindsey 

"While the primitive machismo of the Trump administration sees violence and the ability to inflict harm as power, and asserts that because it is powerful it does not need alliances and good relationships internationally, these things have not made it and our country strong, but weak"

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