Blogpost # M. 221 CLUELESS ON THE POTOMAC*

It requires no less than Herculean resolve to momentarily set aside the subjects contained in the “full to bursting,”” orange dumpster of egregious, shamefully anti-humanistic anti-democratic, and, plainly speaking, “disgusting,” acts, of the present, squatter-like occupant of the Oval Office. However, a cogent observation needs to be made, empirically relevant to his dystopic goal to eliminate the Nation’s well-functioning, agencies, which are responsible and necessary to the wise and appropriate administration of the Nation. Our autocratic President, financially privileged solely by his inheritance from his racially prejudiced father, would limit or eliminate the Nation’s humanistic agencies, such as USAID, The Federal Education Department; the NIH, and, much of the pragmatically necessary Federal Civil Service.

Trump’s dystopian plan, aggravated by his bizarre engagement of a deranged, exceedingly rich, unelected, hitman to do the” dirty work, is premised upon his deluded aspiration to cut the Nation’s budget and thereby establish fiscal responsibility. It is hopelessly inadequate to characterize such a mission as “Quixotic:” It is more aptly described as a blend of ignorant myopia and psychopathic cruelty. It is notably predictive of material damage to the welfare, safety, and reputation of the Nation. The subject of “Big Tech’s”compliance with the current anti-democratic movement is ubiquitously dangerous.and adequately deserves fuller and independent treatment in future writing. For the present, we content ourselves with the observation that the dangerous partnership between autocratic governance and the tech industry is not unique to the celebrated billionaire, Elon Musk.

The political and social ramifications of such an errant “pipe dream” are empirically, tragic, ubiquitous, and legion. Poor countries like Haiti, Ethiopia the Sudan, and countless others are rendered desperate in their unrequited need for food and medicine, This is heartless and historically unprecedented for the American Nation, traditionally a humanistic and empathic avatar of mercy and existential assistance.,

The overriding consideration of the previous observation, by far, resides in its moral and charitable character; however, the political ramifications are factually immense, with the Nation’s enemies like China and Russia, strategically filling the critical void and procuring greater influence in the affected regions, Not to forget Ukraine, whose military and financial support, redounds to the efforts towards non-aggression and world peace. Analogous to the subject of the big-tech approach to autocracy, the topic of the social, humanistic and political ramifications of eliminating American agencies delivering foreign relief are too extensive and compound in nature to deal with in this writing.

The contextual intent of this writing is, in addition to the significant singular mandate under the Constitution that only Congress actions can fund or defund federal agencies, and that such actions portent tragic social and political results, are fundamentally grounded in Donald Trump’s. reductive and egocentric ignorance and obvious failure of empirical perspective.

The appropriate stewardship of a Nation is empirically and responsibly to be contrasted with the operation of a commercial enterprise; only the latter can assure itself of benefit by its emphasis on cutting costs. Trump, in his impenetrable bubble of colossal egocentric ignorance, might appropriately deserve pity, if he were not so hazardous to our Democratic Republic.

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  • title based on a variation of Nora Ephron’s film, “Sleepless in Seattle

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