tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320802302155582419.post8461596698300793830..comments2024-02-13T12:50:30.457-05:00Comments on Rants Within the Undead God: Is Donald Trump Mentally Ill?Benjamin Cainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00661999592897690031noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320802302155582419.post-57301645050590753062017-10-01T09:52:12.772-04:002017-10-01T09:52:12.772-04:00His entire administration is corrupt.
http://www...His entire administration is corrupt. <br /><br />http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/treasury-secretary-nominee-steven-mnuchin-profited-madoff-article-1.2892862<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320802302155582419.post-74780575045900469222017-09-17T09:35:47.303-04:002017-09-17T09:35:47.303-04:00At least Trump is doing this.
http://nypost.com/...At least Trump is doing this. <br /><br />http://nypost.com/2017/09/15/trump-tells-jewish-leaders-he-plans-to-go-after-anti-semitism/<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320802302155582419.post-14640781772651074412017-09-15T19:03:37.937-04:002017-09-15T19:03:37.937-04:00I wasn't aware of those details. Even a recent...I wasn't aware of those details. Even a recent CNN documentary on Reagan pointed to the connections between Reagan and Trump, in terms of their harnessing of TV showmanship for political purposes. Those who come to great power always seem to have helpers and handlers, without whom they could never rise (or descend) to that level.<br /><br />It's ironic and amusing that Republicans harp on liberals for their culture of Hollywood elites; meanwhile, Schwarzenegger, Reagan and Trump were all Republicans. So who is it exactly who's falling for the hype? Benjamin Cainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00661999592897690031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320802302155582419.post-42207103649309911832017-09-15T18:58:11.809-04:002017-09-15T18:58:11.809-04:00I don't talk about a need to restore sanity. O...I don't talk about a need to restore sanity. On the contrary, you might want to have a look at my article, "When Madness is Normal." I'm saying that Trump is inadvertently revealing the horror of natural reality, the truth glimpsed through this fissure in Being. The horrific truth is that despite our ideals of reason, morality, and democracy, the default social order is defined by power relations, the Law of Oligarchy, and the tendency for power to corrupt. I'd be more inclined to agree with H.P. Lovecraft that madness is a byproduct of perceiving the unvarnished truth of nature. So a kind of madness, or existential anxiety, ought to be normal.<br /><br />http://rantswithintheundeadgod.blogspot.ca/2016/09/when-madness-is-normal-sanity-in-minds.htmlBenjamin Cainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00661999592897690031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320802302155582419.post-60421420690561098522017-09-15T13:06:03.115-04:002017-09-15T13:06:03.115-04:00I think you don't like Mr.T. And would like hi...I think you don't like Mr.T. And would like him replace to restore sanity. OK, that may be easy. So many countries have done it. Actually, restoring sanity is very popular movement since 1498. Ben, you are sooo cute.Jindra K. Hrdlička https://www.blogger.com/profile/10468663041887193461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320802302155582419.post-22077276731173202932017-09-14T20:19:55.060-04:002017-09-14T20:19:55.060-04:00Per Wiki: "According to Dan E. Moldea's s...Per Wiki: "According to Dan E. Moldea's survey Dark Victory : Ronald Reagan, MCA, and the Mob (which inspired Clara and Julia Kuperberg's 1986 TV documentary), Wasserman was the link between the Mafia, the Hollywood film industry and Reagan, who obtained very lucrative deals as an actor with Wasserman as his agent. By 1947, just after Capone died, and still with the help of his alliance with the underworld, Wasserman was instrumental in helping Reagan to become president of the Screen Actors Guild, which kicked off Reagan's rise to power." Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320802302155582419.post-67648187367891870272017-09-14T20:18:30.673-04:002017-09-14T20:18:30.673-04:00Is it any wonder that in a country where Hollywood...Is it any wonder that in a country where Hollywood wields so much power, that a TV celebrity becomes president? Let's not forget that Reagan was Lew Wasserman's creation. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320802302155582419.post-80113812282158793842017-09-14T18:34:06.565-04:002017-09-14T18:34:06.565-04:00Another possibility I just thought of, which I rai...Another possibility I just thought of, which I raised in The Ogre-Clown of Trumpland: "But whereas Obama was a fake change candidate, Trump seems to be an agent of real change. His policies will likely be typical Republican fare, and handlers will rush in to fill the power vacuum created by Trump’s mental disorders, to manipulate Trump for their private gain or to pursue their pet agendas."<br /><br />So liberals can also exploit Trump's mental disorders and manipulate him into doing their bidding. This may be what Democrats are currently doing with their deal on DACA. Knowing that Trump's narcissism is psychotic, you should be able to exploit it just by flattering Trump and giving him all the credit for doing what you wanted him to do all along. His ignorance could also be exploited, if you could find a way of selling him on establishment-protecting policies even though he sees himself as a radical. Bannon couldn't be fooled, but maybe you can persuade Trump to adopt what's effectively a Democrat-friendly agenda, by convincing him that if he passes major legislation with the Democrats, as opposed to doing nothing because of the gridlock, he'll eventually be regarded as a great president, which is all he cares about. Benjamin Cainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00661999592897690031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320802302155582419.post-38236824952431920262017-09-14T13:12:42.507-04:002017-09-14T13:12:42.507-04:00@Benjamin: Exactly right.@Benjamin: Exactly right.Welch's Rarebitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09183345901778644627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320802302155582419.post-63561350102680927282017-09-14T10:49:44.031-04:002017-09-14T10:49:44.031-04:00What's to be done depends on who's asking....What's to be done depends on who's asking. For Americans who want Trump gone to restore sanity, I'd say their best chance is to take Congress in 2018 and to push to have Trump impeached or removed on grounds of Article 25. But because of gerrymandering and the albatross of Democratic neoliberal centrism, that's still a long shot. And even if Trump were removed, Americans would be left with Mike Pence.<br /><br />Savvy Democrats might instead prefer for Trump to remain in office to further destroy the Republican brand. The risk there is that Trump might also damage the country itself. <br /><br />As far as I can tell, there's too much going on to be able to predict what's going to happen to Trump. I'm talking about the investigations, the potential for a backlash from Trump's base as he makes deals with Democrats, and so on. So liberal Americans pretty much have to hope for the best and ride out the storm likely until 2020.<br /><br />For non-Americans such as me, I recommend studying the situation. I actually hoped Trump would win, although I didn't expect him to, because Trump's victory is much more interesting and revealing. If you've read my articles on psychopathic human leaders as models for the gods we worship, and so forth, you can see that Trump's victory fits nicely into my worldview. Trump provides a dramatic illustration of how esoteric politics works. Had Hillary Clinton won, the true workings of human dominance hierarchies would have been concealed, since Clinton is much better at covering up her intentions. Now things are more out in the open, which is great for philosophers and for comedians, who can almost celebrate Trump's victory (assuming Trump doesn't blow up the whole world).<br /><br />Honestly, then, those who aren't directly affected by the Trump abomination and who can afford to be detached from it should be studying the situation, learning all we can from it, because Trump represents what Heidegger might have called a fissure in Being that lets the Truth spill out. Trump's victory is a defect of the Matrix. <br /><br />Those Americans who are troubled by Trump should perhaps take this occasion to improve their spirituality, to practice patience and humility, to use the absurdity of Trump's presidency as proof that all life is absurd, that we're all destined to be nothing more than meaningless dust, that there's no God watching out for us, and the best we can achieve is to be tragically heroic in our futile resistance.<br /><br />As for those alt right Americans who are encouraged by Trump, my advice to them is to hope that Trump succeeds in destroying the country, as Bannon and the other crypto-anarchists want, and thus to make sure their guns are oiled and their water and battery supplies are fully stocked. They'll need to make sure they can survive after the governmental collapse they're secretly hoping for. Benjamin Cainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00661999592897690031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6320802302155582419.post-50482033220092637472017-09-13T15:57:12.837-04:002017-09-13T15:57:12.837-04:00Serious Question: Is Donald Trump Mentally Ill?
S...Serious Question: <i>Is Donald Trump Mentally Ill?</i><br /><br />Serious Answer: <i>Yes.</i><br /><br />Serious Question Too: <i>What's To Be Done, Then?</i><br /><br />Serious Answer Also:Mongo, At The Momenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00973606827337262084noreply@blogger.com