There's been so much talk about Trump's intelligence; I differ with much of it. I don't think he's a Dumb-Ass or a Dumb-Fuck. Au contraire ... tolerably bright but never as bright as the really bright and, like Lilith or Aqualung, standing outside the Gardens of Pleasure with great envy and wishing others harm because he cannot rise to the position of the Luminaria. His coffers are never full enough. His wife never the absolutely prettiest. His stage never shareable. I think these types are the most dangerous, in certain ways. There's a famous Medresh (Rashi quotes it, I think it was on the passage that says "And God created the Great Lights.") The Moon Came kvetching (קטרגה הלבנה): It's not possible for two kings to share the same crown. The Holy One Blessed is He said simply: Go and make yourself smaller. .... Envy, this level of primitive envy, cannot ever be satisfied. No rest ... no peace .... just needing to get ahead of all those other pesky bright folk who have the Chutzpeh to also seek to shine. Our first Irish President, O'Bama, set it off pretty good by publicly announcing DJT's second-rate -- not poor, just second tier -- status, in humor. This is not such an uncommon character structure. The healthy live in-the-mix, share the limelight and even feel good about sharing it with friends, colleagues, kids, grandkids. For these folk, there's only one Subject and a World of Objects whose subjectivity is denied.
Apparently Fate has it that I shall spend my Golden Years under the Rule of the newest of these Sun Kings ... and under these folk who have taken this one as their Saviour. Already, we see his wanton destructiveness and the further Splitting that he has caused in the body politic.
I haven't been writing in this blogged journal for some years, now. I've been busy tending to the wounds of old age (surgeries, illnesses of later life, ...) ... mine and my partner's who with me will celebrate 60 years of marriage towards the end of 2025. It took nearly 30 years for Germany to recover from the 1933 election of just such a man .... and neither M nor I have thirty years in the pocket.
In my Dreams, I do expect a recovery or maybe more to the point ... a resurgence of a belief in shared governance from the Home to the State Capital and all the way to DC and the World.
Moses got all pissed-off that he couldn't cross over the Jordan ... and ended up by cursing out his kids, at the end. My goal for the Last Quarter is to do better than Moses and better than Jacob who berated his kids at the end, too.
Gird your loins for a tough battle that I fully believe will be won.
