12/9/2024, 2 pages
Classic despot ending.
Assad has fled Syria.
This won’t be of interest to a lot of people but I think that it’s important to recognize that the struggle of Good Versus Evil is global. It is always about oppression! One group wants to dominate everyone else and impose their set of values and beliefs on everyone else with all groups involved claiming that they’re the oppressed. That is always evil.
Can you tell me that is not what is happening in America today, and why? We just elected a rapist felon President that tried to stage a coup the last time that he was in office. Then he stole and lied about having a trove of classified documents. Then Trump used our system of law and order to escape the law being applied to him.
Back to the despot Assad.
The Assad regime is finished. (Too bad for Tulsi Gabbard but she still has Puketin. Well, for a little while anyway.) Assad escaped to Moscow with his family. Despots usually end up dead or fleeing to another country. Sadly that usually only comes after millions of lives have been destroyed. Remember Idi Amin, Saddam Hussein, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (Shah of Iran) and many, many others.
The problem remains that there seems to be an unending supply of despots and wannabe despots like Puketin of Russia, Xi of China, Un of North Korea, etc. You know, men whose authoritarian power Trump idolizes. And Hitler. Can’t leave him out. Trump wants generals like Hitler had. Why not a general like Eisenhower? He was a pretty good general during the time of Hitler.
Fuhgeddaboudit!
Who’s oppressing who?
Who’s currently being oppressed in the United States? Rich people? Christians? Conservatives? White People? White supremacists? Schoolchildren? Health insurance companies? Oil executives? Wall Street? (Hint: no, these are not the people being oppressed.)
MAGA Trump campaigned on vulgarity, hate, intolerance, and using government to get even and exact revenge on all of his opponents. Classic despot behavior.
He’s stacking his administration with a Clown Limousine of incompetent yes-people. I think that he has submitted the names of 14 billionaires so far. And really nobody knows how to give it to working people like billionaires. Except for the Project 2025 religious fanatic fascist Christians.
And who better to deal with Trump’s
adversaries than the military, CIA, FBI, IRS, Trump Supremes, Trump Judges and
the complete immunity Trump has as President of the United States of
United Trump States. Trump likes his
brand on things he sells.
Now in the interests of full disclosure there are a few billionaires that oppose him. But MAGA is willing to break a few billionaires to make an egg white omelet.
Let me see now. Who and what doesn’t MAGA like besides everybody that isn’t MAGA?
The short list for things that trigger MAGA followers in no particular order:
Democracy. Immigrants. A free press. Meidas Touch. Taylor Swift. Poor people. Trans people. Gay people. All other LGBTQIA+ people. The truth. Teachers. Muslims. Jews. Science. Mexicans. Education. History. The Affordable Care Act. Equality. Diversity. Vaccines. Inclusion. Farm workers. Climate change. The government. Liz Cheney. Adam Kizinger. NATO. Ukraine. Other religions. Medicare. Medicaid. Social Security. Competent leadership. Tax breaks for working people. Mexico. Canada. Voting. Enemies of their state.
Whatever and whoever is in the above list is open to retribution and oppression from MAGA. Are you in that list? Anyone you know on that list?
Despots end up being the head of a national criminal enterprise. They amass fortunes. Involve their families in governing. Suppress dissent. Jail journalists. Cause great harm to people and their country. Jobs are awarded based upon loyalty not competency. And all too often make their getaway to a safe haven when their society collapses. Are you an enemy of their state?
How about your family?
NOTES
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/syrias-assad-his-family-are-moscow-after-russia-granted-them-asylum-say-russian-2024-12-08/
https://www.newsweek.com/tulsi-gabbard-bashar-al-assad-regime-collapse-1997300
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-hitler-generals/
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