Monday 9 November 2020

What next for the USA?

POTUS45 is showing his incompetence as a human being by refusing to admit defeat. That was largely expected, and reflects, perhaps, the hyper-macho (toxic masculinity), hyper-braggadacio (arrogance and ego - or hubris, if you prefer), and hyper-"competitiveness" (selfishness) from his upbringing. However, whatever the cause, it risks causing massive damage to his "legacy" (excepting the die-hard sock puppets), embedding the current division in the USA into the bedrock of that nation (much as the utterly evil John Howard did here), and destroying the US Republican party. 

This commentary included a suggestion (see 3:40 and starting at 4:30) that the Republican party could recast itself as the party of people who don't have University degrees - particularly white males. That might be so, but the Republicans will need support from others to gain political power, and that could be put at risk by 45's behaviour over the next 77 days or so - for instance, giving pardons to his criminal cronies (this sort of issue is well discussed in "The Final Days" book by Bob Woodward and Bernstein, on the end of the Watergate scandal), or spiteful actions. 

Keeping #45, a proven irrational, immoral, and vindictive rogue, within the bounds of decency will be the US Republican party's duty, challenge, and final legacy out of these last four years.

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