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The dystopic authoritarian morass in which our Democratic Republic is deeply embedded makes conducive a metaphysical examination of the general nature of the relevant relationship between citizen and the polity; i.e., between the governed and the government.

Winston Churchill famously (and wisely) said: “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the rest.” Despite its vulnerabilities, the citizen-run form of governance, despite its systemic shortcomings, is inarguably preferable to other alternative, repressive and authoritarian forms of rule. We are confident that the concept, if not the words of Thomas Jefferson, that a literate and well-informed citizenry is requisite to the success of a democracy. It is obvious that a government “by and for the People” requires a capable and appropriately dedicated elected governance.

The wry reservation expressed by Winston Churchill and the prescient admonition of Thomas Jefferson were sadly confirmed by the “populist” election of Donald J. Trump to the American Presidency. The plethora of egregious results of such an election, as painfully and specifically discussed in our earlier writings, is obvious and empirically irrefutable. The fundamental Churchillian and Jeffersonian comments are indisputably relevant to the nature and quality of the millions of voters who put him in office.

It has long been our (expressed) view that the ignominious spate of governmental problems currently besetting the Republic has two determinate etiologies, one of which is readily curable, the other problematic, but, ultimately citizen possible

To take the second, more difficult problem, viz., the lack of adequate education and an informed state of mind, is fundamentally stereotypical of the populist, Trump supporter. The amelioration of the ubiquitous threat to democracy would require, in addition to willingness, a fundamental alteration in citizen persona and a long-term program of education; factors which, as a practical matter, if feasible, would necessarily take years of dedication.

The other panacea against the future election of an unsuitable President would be relatively easier and more effective. We have consistently urged a process by which, regardless of the state of success in increasing the educational judgment of the relevant voter, would be a shield against the election of another incapable, tyrannical, or otherwise objectionable Head of State.

We have, for years, emphatically recommended the fiduciarily responsible procedure of non-partisan vetting of all potential nominees for the American Presidency. An applicant for any mundane civilian job, such as a shoe or insurance salesperson, would necessarily need to submit to a mandated interview and be hired only if deemed acceptable. It is truly bizarre and tragically ironic that it has not been deemed necessary regarding the vastly more profound American Presidency. Such a vetting would presumably have averted a disastrous Trump Presidency.

On the assumption that the Jeffersonian standard is not fully satisfied, such fiduciary procedural responsibility to the Democratic Republic and its citizenry would avert the possibility of another miscreant interloper to the venerable American Presidency.

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Regular followers of this (approximately) five-year-old blogspace are undoubtedly aware of our adamant reservations concerning the surrender of humanistic capabilities to the more facile and efficient digital facilities. We have expressed our affirmative support of general advancement, but have expressed our profound concern regarding the irresponsible lack of attention accorded by Silicon Valley to the humanistic impact of their ubiquitous “advancements.” Plainly expressed, we have been concerned that the exaltation of capability is far above that of the empirical, humanistic impact; i.e., the vital concepts of “can,” and “should.”

Regular readers are, predictably, surfeited with our ubiquitous observations of societal and individual damage (especially to the personality-formative young) resulting from the surrender of salubrious, interactive, human conversation to the presumably more facile “smartphone,” resulting in a notably impactful lack of intellectual and communicative capability; the sine qua non of society.

To responsibly audit our expressed views on the subject of Man’s digital substitution of human activities, we performed some cursory, armchair research into various authoritative publications on the subject, and were profoundly shaken by the reported extent of adverse empirical impact ot such digitalized, algorithmic “advances” on society and individual sapient life.

Our previous writings emphasized the societal degradation and personal loss of humanism, specifically brought about by the use of hand-held appliances (“smartphones”); the context of this writing (with the aid of our aforementioned “armchair” readings) is relative to the authoritative findings of mental and intellectual regression implicated in the ubiquitous use of computers, especially A.I., on the human brain.

It has been reportedly determined, with the aid of electro-encephalograms, that the popular use of A.I.K. in the writing of essays and reports, lowers the activity in the brain networks associated with cognitive processing, attention, and creativity. An additional and worrisome finding is a notable lack of recall of what was written.Such external assistance reportedly limits the ability to synthesize information and that of weighing competing views to enable the formulation of an opinion. We are creating dystopic generations that have a limited capability of understanding, of relevant subject matter, nor, indeed, an empirical perception of the world and its place in it.

Professional sources advise that while the human brain likes shortcuts, it needs “”friction to learn. We must, in the interest of the salubrious existence of man and his society, responsibly consider the vital difference between “can” and “should” in the profit-making aspiration for innovation and profit; otherwise, we will harvest a bumper crop of haplessly ineffectual, stupid progeny.

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Artistic renditions of famous individuals are often capable of being adequately conveyed by a relevantly representative picture, sufficient to furnish a singularly accurate portrayal of the character or unique accomplishment of the recognizable subject. Illustrative examples are: Benjamin Franklin flying a kite in a lightning storm, Abraham Lincoln passionately delivering the Gettysburg Address, George Washington crossing the Delaware River, Jonas Salk peering into a microscope, or, memorably, FDR with his beloved dog, “Fala.”

There are certain depictions of personalities, foreign and domestic, whose cognizable portrayal evokes feelings of anger and repulsion, such as Adolph Hitler, Hirohito, Joseph McCarthy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and Fred Bundy. Recent events would appropriately include Jeffrey Epstein, the “Box Store” entrepreneur of childhood prostitution. Included in this category of repugnant personalities is our thematic “poster boy” depiction of hubris, defilement of the Nation’s Constitution, Rule of Law, and moral compass, the orange-dyed-haired, egocentric President, Donald Trump.

The latter, darling of the Nation’s substantial populist horde of citizens, and the enabler of irresponsible industrial polluters, has recealed himself to be a demagogic “snake oil” salesman, justifying his idiosyncratic lust for unlimited power, and pursuing policies, domestic and international, which have internationally degraded the historicly admirable reputation of our Nation, as well as its institutionally, democratic way of life.” His reprehensible policies are legion, as painfully specified in prior writings. In sum, we can empirically state that his hubristic, dictatorially autocratic Presidency has been inarguably inconsistent with the salubrious policies traditionally typifying the American Nation.

Donald Trump’s singular preoccupation with his own perceived interests, to the detriment of other dutiful responsibilities, relative to the Nation’s safety and its economic interests, as well as its tradition of humanistic policies, both domestic and foreign. is metastasized by a notable disrespect for the Nation’s Constitution, Rule of Law, and societally established moral compass; such impediment in authoritarian fashion, demonstrated by his lack of appropriate respect for the metaphysical existence of objective “truth,” existential to the endurance of human society.

In his flagrant disregard of the Constitutional architecture of the “Separation of Powers,” Trump has arrogated to himself, in his hubristic perception of Presidential power, the Constitutionally designated authority of the Nation’s Legislature, toxically infected the U.S. Supreme Court, and ubiquitously overstepped the constitutional pale of authority of the American Presidency. Sadly, a compliant Republican Congress has, disappointingly, ceded its legislative responsibilities and authority to the power-hungry Chief Executive, who improperly egocentrally chooses to legislate by”Executive Orders,” with the egoistic flourish of his thick and neurotically assertive, black felt-tipped ” Sharpie.” The autocratic orange “Hasmat” has also arrogated to himself the legal authority to unilaterally wage war in the high seas, impose tariffs on trading partners, illegally employ the military for perceived domestic needs, suthorized and financed a private, military styled uniformed and dystopic masked military-like force to xenophobically harass, imprison and deport peaceful Hispanic Americans, without a scintilla of legally mandated “due process.”

As more specifically enumerated, a multitude of fetid dum[pster-full loads of unconstitutional, illegal, and inappropriate acts, perversely including the heartless denial of empathic relief to the needy, while in incomparable violation of the Constitution’s ” Emolument Clause” enriching himself and family beyond the golden fortune of Croesus, prosecuting political opponents, interfering with the intellectual freedom of the Nation’s Universities, pardoning serious criminals who politically support him, befriending foreign dictators and publicly articulating, imperialist thteats to sovereign nations like Greenland and Americas’ “first cousin,” Canada.

Of all the plethora of repugnant, egregious, outrageously hubristic acts of the thematic Orange hazmat, we are singularly disturbed by his unpeakable vandalism and egocentricly obscene act of defilement and demolition of the East Wing of The Nation’s (the People’s) venerated White House, for his delusionallky declared purpose of constructing a three hundred-million-dollar ballroom; presumably, to satisfy his grandiose hubrism and neurotic thirst for self-esteem. Such lunacy is notably occurs at a time in our Nation, when working-class Americans are experiencing severe financial difficulties; the latter, an irrefutable consequence of Trump’s incompetence in the sophom imposition of illegal tariff policies. The revered institution is the historic symbolic property of the American People and recorded title of the governmental Parks Department. T

Trump’s defilement and insatiable, hubristic, and historically obscene demolition of the East Wing has rendered it in a Gaza-like rubble. Ironically, such vandalism and devastation are empirically analogous to Trump’s self-interested defilement of the Constitution.

Returning to our earlier declared context, viz., the recognizability of conceived depictions of popularly known personalities, we would thematically contemplate as an appropriate representational and popularly identifiable image of Donald Trump, as follows; artistically rendered as an overweight old man with vsarious smears oif ketchup on his face, dressed in dusty workman’s overalls, the latter, liberally besmirched with marble dust and other demolitional residue, grasping a sledgehammer in his right hand and a McDonald’s hamburger in the left, wearing jeweled Golden Crown on his head through which sdtrands of unruly orange-dyed hair juts out, and with wet, puckered lips and a smug but vacant look.

It is our conception that the suggested depiction of such a temporal, egregious despoiler of our venerable Nation would have commercial acceptability and pragmatic utility as a holiday “penata” or local saloon dart board.

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If permitted an anthropomorphic, but contextually relevant, statement, we would express the sentiment that ” The Natural process of evolutionary development of an upright, sentient being did not portend its irresponsible self-destruction.”

Our declarations in earlier writings that it is imperative to consider the thoughtful balance between the desire for advanced capability and the cogent consideration of the empirical impact of the successful result, i.e., between “can” and “should.” In our view, the contemporary lust for profitable algorithmic developments has evinced great ingenuity, but insufficient concern for its humanistic impact.

Our contextual anxiety was initiated by the facile, albeit humanistically harmful, substitution of the handheld “smartphone” for natural, salubrious interaction (personal, telephonic, or letter correspondence). Its impact initiated Man’s extant journey toward empirical impersonality and personal loneliness. Gone was the salutary assurance of friendly voice recognition, spontaneity, and timeliness of response. One notable consequence was the resultant inability of the maturing individual to interactively develop an interactive, referable self-image, empirically responsible for the reported development of anxiety and depression among the young.

To be clear, we are affirmative supporters of all general salubrious advancement; the development of medically efficient devices, efficacious and utilitarian capabilities, and the advancement of elemental science and human knowledge. However, Silicon Valley’s eternal demonstration of omission to responsibly consider the humanistic downside of many of its achievements has effectively led to our concern regarding the dystopic possibility of the ultimate devastation of human society. (N.B.) We are aware of the possible perception of the latter statement as unduly morbid and fearful, and would offer some empirical elucidation of our concern.

Human society has lately been introduced to robotics such as “Alexa,” vacuum cleaners, automobile operation and navigation, security services, identification devices, and remote control devices. Sadly, it must be observed that, respecting each development, a destructive application has been empirically devised.

The most devastating and frightening are the robotic weapons of war, notably air force drones, capable of efficiently and unemotionally bombing targets, human and civilizational. In this context, we have, in previous writings, offered the fictional nightmare scenario of a planet, devoid of inhabitants by reason of nuclear war, on which robotic warfare and bombing eternally continue, day and night, between contending non-human and robotic national enemies. [It is notably sad to observe that with each new miraculous advance, an insalubrious and harmful use is discovered and employed. In a better context, drones might be beneficially employed in search and rescue operations, land and animal studies, meteorological and geological inquiry, and life-saving assistance in catastrophes.

We, admittedly, are not well-versed in “computer-tech” subjects and only recently became aware of the existence of A.I. “chatboxes.” Our systemic concern with such dystopic phenomena was the catalyst for our (hopefully forgivable) thematic fear of the ultimate demise of modern society, if not, indeed, sentient humanity as we have come to know it. As lifetime” members in good standing” of the “non-nerd” minority of homo sapiens, we were amazed and terrified of this A.I. facility and confess to the perception that it is the ultimate, fatal threat to the subsistence of normal society.

It appears that the employment of algorithmic genius has been successful in the production of the ability of an individual to conduct, what we would call, a “facsimile” of a human interaction by speaking to a non-existent, artificial voice (simulation) that is not only topically responsive to the user, but soon contextually familiar with his persona and relevant life situation. This counterfeit interaction may be desirable and useful, but in reality and essence, one is effectively and antisocially conversing with oneself; a temporarily satisfying phenomenon, but an ultimate dagger in the heart of social interaction; an existential and defined feature of living in human society; it is factually analogous to primitive loneliness and singular solitude. Like prehistoric homo sapiens, one atavistically lives in his own singular company, i.e., such technological “advancement” results in the retardation of anthropological progress by the suppression of human, interactive contact, the existential anthropological phenomenon of interactive society.

It requires no unique talent for circumspection to confidently declare that no conceivable “marvel” is comparable to the vital anthropological progress society.

It is of existential importance to distinguish between the desire for innovative capability (“can”) and the responsible consideration (“should”) of its effect on Mankind.

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The publicised relationship between Donald Trump and the “box store” entrepreneur of underage childhood sex (and presumed blackmailer), Jeffrey Epstein, is the most likely matter in the multi-dumpster quantity of detritus from Trump’s misrule, to undermine him. We affirmatively hope so, before the orange autocrat can wreak further damage upon our Democratic Republic.

However, a disturbing question arises as to the Nation’s ethical or moral priorities: “What does the above empirical observation notably disclose relative to our societal priorities, in the face of the plethora of inhumane, unconstitutional, and immoral acts observably, ‘trumped’ by the more populist- appealing scandalThe public has been fully aware of Trump’s multitude of unconstitutional and autocratic offenses against the nation’s legal governance, inclusive of his autocratic policy of retribution against perceived political enemies, the neurotiuc election denial and consequent support of an unprecedented, bloody insurrection against the Capitol Building (therafter pardoning the criminal insurrectionists), his inhumane elimination of existing humane programs of food and medical relief to the needy, both domestic and foreign, his dessimation of the Federal Civil Service, his his unauthorized waging of war agains Vnezusalan vessels on the high seas, his use of a private, masked army to intimidate, arrest and incarcerate, peacefdul and productive Hispanic Americans, his illegal and autocratic use of the military for domestic purposes, his supporft of White Christian militias and ubiquitous bigoted statements, his adjudicated and boastful abuse of women, his unconstitutional imposition of international tariffs (resulting in the exorbitant rise in the American ctizens/’ cost of living,), his treason. including the purloining of ultra-secret documents and intimate relationships with America’s enemy heads of State, his total usurpation of the constitutional function of the Legidslative Branch of government by bizarrely decreeing legislation by way of felt-tipped “RExecutive Orders, and his general undermining of the “Separation of Powers,” his voter interference, his inconsistent policies regarding the Nation’s defensive assistance to the attacked nation of Ukraine, his attacks on Social Security and Medicare, his elimination of USAID, withdrawal from the Paris Accords concerning global warming and the protection of the Planetary environment, his barbaric and unauthorized act of destruction of the East Wing of thed White House and a further cornicopoia of egregious acts, inconsistent with the constitution, rule of law and the societal moral compass. Donald Trump has shown himself to be guilty of serial mendacity and tactically manipulative to effect his public declaration of intention to be a dictator, by his programmatic attack on the free press and the media. The most societally metaphysical offense against humanity was his autocratic attack on “factual truth,” in favor of subjectively useful, “Alternative Facts.”

Incredible as it may seem, there are yet further observable instances of presidential mismanagement and illegality which are noted in earlier writings; however, the many listed offensive matters, presumably, are sufficient to enunciate our present thematic concern. We will, in contrast to the model of the stereotypical essay which, concludes with a declaration, by contrast, end this writingey with our thematic question: “What is the nature and quality of a population which solely directs its critical ire at the errant act of the President in befriending a sexual predator like Je Epstein, to the exclusion of his known acts of inhumanity and metaphysical evil.

Even more disturbing is the question as to whether such a worrisome inclination portends the nightmarish possibility of the election of another Trump-like malefactor?

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The mere mention of the name “Adolph Hitler,” or of the repulsive nouns, “Nazi” or “Fascist,” reflexively evokes an emotional sense of abhorrence. Unavoidable references to the eerie “death camps, or the monstrous “Holocaust” are painful reminders of Man’s nascent potential for morally abominable action.

By empirical contrast, the human inclination towards moral and humanistic behavior is vital for the pragmatic and rational endurance of society. Said existentially important concept is fundamentally anthropological and sociological, and inarguably, non-partisan. Authoritarian restrictions on liberty and human rights are an empirical anathema to the healthy exercise of individual reason, societal morality, and its successful endurance.

Lamentably, the bizarre, catatonic-like failure of moral responsibility of the Republican Congress, presumably founded upon fearful submission to the autocratic devices of Donald Trump, has empirically exposed a subtle, sub-rosa fissure in the American body politic; the latter, affording the toxic entry of an unprecedented assault upon the systemic nature of our venerated Republican Democracy.

By illustration, it is reported that the official youth organization of the Republican Party, reportedly, has ubiquitously adopted such fascist terminology as “faggot,” “retarded,” has casually employed the “N” word, referred to black Americans as “monkeys’ or “Watermelon People, joked about death camps, “gas chambers,” and “ovens.” Principled opposition to the latter epithets and disagreeable references has been, most notably, dismissed by the Nation’s loathsome and observably bigoted Vice President, J.D. Vance to as “pearl clutching, over a few kids telling edgy jokes.” The referenced “kids,” reportedly, are in their 20s and 30s. The outre V.P. has forever distinguished himself by publicly declaring, “Hate is not a deal breaker.” It appears that the modern Republican Party prizes cruelty and bigotry as badges of party loyalty.

It is our ubiquitous experience that what starts out as crude, casual comments often eventuate into perverse conviction. We are sadly and alarmingly obliged to observe that the extant Republican Party appears to prize cruelty and bigotry as badges of party loyalty.

The media has revealed that Donald Trump has appointed an individual to head a federal watchdog agency who has overtly admitted that he has a “Nazi Streak,” and remains in office despite his reprehensible practice of racially bigoted remarks.

In this context, we cannot ignore the publicly demonstrated Nazi salute given by the autistic savant and trillionaire, Elon Musk, the Eichmann-like Steven Miller’s embrace of White Supremacy, nor the Holocaust denial expressed by the petulant enfant-terrible, Tucker Carlson.

Our Republican Democracy ignores such 1930s Munich-like toxicity at its existential peril.

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In 18th-century Medieval Europe, no royal palace was finer than that of His Highness, King Donald, Monarch of Monomania, commonly referred to by academic historians as the “Orange Pretender”. The ornate Royal Palace, constructed with gold and Carrara marble, had been rebuilt by the Monarch from the historic stone castle, which, years past, was occupied by the Nation’s former Royal Family, centuries ago, in the ancient days of the”Arch King,” Sir Ronald MacDonald.

At the time of this writing, three thousand of the surviving citizens of Monomania (some of whom were still wearing prophylactic masks against the recent pandemic) were dutifully assembled at the Royal Arena, located in close proximity to the golden drawbridge, in compliance with the King’s hand-written Executive Order. The official proceedings were convened to honor the orange Monarch’s success in the total banishment of all known scholars and intellectuals from the realm. The latter had also been decreed, on pain of summary imprisonment and torture, the surrender of all books and papers, thus eliminating from the realm a seditious disagreement with the defibitially wise decrees and policies of the Orange Monarch.

The King’s Official Chamber of Advisers were seated next to the motionless, lovely Mannequin Queen, dressed in a 14-carat gold-spun gown, and dutifully looking straight ahead but, sporadically and loyally, flashing a fixed, comatose-like smile. Other notables on the dais, were the Royal Ministers including, the Royal Military Chief, easily identifiable by his upraised wine jug, held open to his open mouth, the Chief Law Counselor, identifiable by her show-girl blonde hair and heavy makeup, the private security advisor, conspicuously dangling from her left hand a dead puppy, and the Royal Alchemist and healer, identifiable by his gravelly voice and proclivity for magic brews, and in opposition to the realm’s traditional medecine.

Notably, in the second row of the military-guarded Monomania audience, stood our brave protagonist, Selwin T. Snarl, a lanky, tow-headed young scrivener and part-time schoolteacher. While the multitude of citizens looked on and listened intently (or pretended to listen intently) to the precious words of the orange Monarch, Selwin frequently sighed and, intermittingly, looked away, uncontrollably hiccoughing.

The King proudly boasted of his singularly successful achievements in improving the lives of the citizens of Monomania, economically and in all other respects, smiled proudly and beneficently at such proud declarations of accomplishment. The dignitaries seated at the podium thought they heard a responsive exclamation, “piffle,” apparently emanating from the second row.

The Monarch then proudly went on to boast of his salutory policies, resulting in a more affordable way of life for the commoners of the realm. The repeated, loudly broadcast response, “piffle,” was again heard; this time, identifiably coming from the second row, specifically, the seat occupied by our protagonist, Selwin T. Snarl. Three further declarations of Monarchial success by the Orange Monarch were followed by similar exclamations of “piffle,” loudly shouted, emanating from the same source; which resulted in the arrest of our indignant proteter, Selwin Snark, by masked palace guards and his punitive removal, to which actions the arrested party spat out s the loud exclamation, “piffle.’

As luck would have it, a dark cloud appeared and a virtual torrent of rain, accompanied by loud thunder and bright streaks of lightning, allowing our hero to slip away and escape to his modest home. As soon as he opened his front door, Selwin frustratingly noticed a pile of feces deposited by his pet terrier, Tucker

Not another “pifle,” exclaimed the frustrated householder.

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Analogous to the common experience of the initial denial of empirical reality when suddenly confronted with an unforeseen, tragic occurrence, it is our view that, in general, the mainstream American thus initially deferred suitable response to the Trump–MAGA autocratic assault on democracy.

America’s horde of antisemitic and racially bigoted proponents of Christian White Supremacy, such as the arrogant and obnoxious Tucker Carlson and the infanous Hitler worshipper, Nick Fuentes, (to name but two of a plethora of pernicious supporters of White Christian Nationalism, sanctioned by the power-hungry proclaimed would-be dictator, Donald Trump) have been assiduous in their anti-democratic, “Fifth Columnist” desire to effectuate the fascist,-Ku Klux Klan inspired, “Proclaimation 2025.”

The societal existence of “Truth” was attacked, in favor of the more fascist- utilitarian, “Alternate Facts,” the Nation’s affairs were baldly determined by autocratic “Executive Order rather than by the people’s Congress, the media was undermined, immigration confounded, institutions of learning intimidated, federal civil service dessimated, including agencies delivering humanitarian aid, health research and disease prevention agencies, book censorship approved, the private, narural right of women of electing abortion criminalized, arbitrarily and unauthorized tariffs imposed on the Nation’s trading parners resulting in increased domestic prices on consumer necessities as well aa proximately injuring the Nation’s economy, the outlandish and unconstitutional Trump practice to hubristically replace the process of Congressional legislation by (hand-writtren) Executive Orders, the ubiquitous Presidential policies, perniciouslys designed to skew the vote, the tactical appointment of right-wing, incapable, Trump-MAGA loyalists to the Cabinet, the Presidentialo support of right-wing militas, the frightening creation of a Presidential private masked Army to xenophobically oppress, intimidte and incarcerate Hispanic Americans, the fascist and legally forbidden use of the Nation’s military for domestic purposes and, contextually, to effect a “sea change” from the American historically established democratic polity to blatent authoritan rule. As predicted in our essay, # M. 308, “SIR ISAAC AND THE PENDULUM, the MAGA wrecking ball, in accordance with Sir Isaac Newton’s classic theory, action and reaction,” has finally reached its zenith and has recently begun to forcefully swing in the opposite direction.. Please note that we have utilized the physical law revealed by Isaac Newton as a dynamic example of the tendency, by analogy, for the empirical tendency of actions to result in a mitigating or contrary effect.

To be thematically specific, once the Nation was able to morph, or recover from the above-mentioned “denial” mode, it was then enabled to appropriately respond. to the shocking, dire prospect of the extant, developing autocracy.

Notably, after breathing in the cool, pleasant air of liberty and citizen rights, one is systemically disinclined to inhale the polluted, fetid atmosphere of autocratic repression. The dynamic directional swing of the infamous wrecking ball was thereupon reversed, Newton-like, in the direction of popular outrage at the growing prospect of a fascistic autocracy,

The media reported that no less than 7,000,000 concerned American citizens responsibly turned out for the recent, peaceful, Nationwide “NO KINGS” protests. The current elections in the various States demonstrated substantial victories for the Democrats (i,e, democracy) on all political levels. Reportedly, 8,000,000 California voters opposed Trump-MAGA’s plans to skew the vote of the Electoral College.

The irradicably universal American penchant for liberty and the continuance of its salubrious American way of life, once more, has been emphatically articulated by the “Vox Populi,” i.e., the Voice of the (American) People.

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There is a veritable multitude of Yiddish words (the lingua franca of our early chilhood) which, due to their singular depth of expression, have been usefully incorporated into the American lexicon. Words like “schtick” ( false, deceptive tactics), “mensch” (the quintessential quality of humanism, dignity, or empathy), “schmaltzy” (sentimental, emotive), and “chutzpah” (extreme ironic audacity). In this writing, we have chosen to contextually avail ourselves of the singularly expressive noun, “chutzpah,” indeed, the zenith, or “apogee,” of its critically absurd concept.

Donald Trump has inarguably demonstrated the highest degree of ignorant, hubristic “chutzpah” in his audacious claim against the (“his”) Justice Department for the numerous investigations and official proceedings against him in the recent past. This schizophrenically bizarre claim reveals the very epitome of Man’s potential for arrogance and classic chuzpah and is consistent with Trump’s self-absorbed, ego-centric myopia. A brief reference to the objective record should be sufficient to confirm his systemic schizophrenic perception of empirical reality and suffice to demonstrate the “Mad Hatter” quality of his outrageous and factually demonstrated “chutzpah.”

In August 2023, Trump was officially charged with numerous official criminal indictments, including criminal charges of conspiracy to defraud the government and disenfranchise the voters, corruptly obstructing an official proceeding, and for his principal involvement in the January 6 seditious attack upon the Nation’s Capital.

The record demonstrates that Trump was indicted and convicted, in August 2023, of 34 criminal (felony) charges, including falsifying business records relative to the “hush money” payments by him to a prostitute (“Stormy” Daniels), additionally indicted in Florida on 40 charges of the crime of purloining of government top-secret documents ( stored by him in a publicly accessible toilet at his social club at Mar-A-Lago), indicted in that same year for defrauding the government in the criminal attempt to alter the 2020 election.

It is indisputable that the number and extent of Donald Trump’s ubiquitous record of criminality (many of which were remarkably viewed on public television) entitle the orange-dyed-haired miscreant to a uniquely horrific place in American Presidential history. It appears that his surprising election to the Presidency was, luckily for Donald J. Trump and inimical to plain justice, legally effective in quashing further criminal proceedings, which would have empirically resulted in his deserved and appropriate incarceration

It would be inconceivable that any legitimate member of the advanced evolutionary species of homo sapiens would choose, in the face of such publicly known criminality, notably his tactical use of his Presidential “get out of jail” card, to assert his recent demand for $350,000,000 against the Justice Department for the inconvenience and expense of his ( legitimate) investigation and legal proceedings. This is the zenith or “apogee” of the human proclivity for unmitigated “chutzpah”

Indeed, this contextually outrageous claim has been irrationally asserted by the “poster boy” for “chutzpah,” who is undeniably responsible for an uncountable amount of financial damage caused to the American Nation, a great many of its citizens, and perhaps irreparable damage to our unique and systemic democracy.

If the subject of damages were, at all relevant, astronomical amounts of reparational money would be appropriately payable, by Trump to the American Treasury for his ubiquitous damage to the Nation, as well as a myriad of traditional and innocent American citizens, and most notably, for the apogee of chutzpah by his barbaric destruction of the East Wing of the (People’s) venerable White House.

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We have often referenced the prescient admonition of Thomas Jefferson that an informed and educated population is necessary for a democracy to succeed, and have been eternally aware of the significant number of populist citizens who, unfortunately, do not meet such a standard. Our Republican Democracy has historically suffered from this vulnerability, but not until the election of Donald J. Trump (twice) to the American Presidency has this vulnerability been so egregiously demonstrated.

We have in copious writings, presumably made sufficient reference to the erratic, ego-centric, unconstitutional acts and the notably amoral behavior of Donald J. Trump. Accordingly, we are of the view that a reprise of the dumpster-full record of his egregiously bizarre performance is neither necessary nor within the thematic intent of the present theme. What is relevant to this writing is our disturbing question as to the nature of the millions of American citizens who put him in office.

The media seemed to indicate that Donald Trump was elected in a demagogically induced tidal wave of optimism that, if elected, incomes would skyrocket, inflation would vanish, jobs would come roaring back, and the middle class would prosper like never before. Our own perception is that he was elected based on the familiarity of his TV celebrity established by the game show, and the general discontent with life on the part of the populist underbelly, together with the financial support of industrial moguls whose enormous profits are generated by the irresponsible industrial pollution of the atmosphere and who are, accordingly, pathologically opposed to government health regulations.

It is our understanding that Trump was virtually unknown to the general public until he became the host of an asinine TV game show called “The Apprentice.” In his father’s real estate business, Trump was infamously known for not paying contractors and, like his father, a systemically reputational and racially bigoted “gonif.” The subsequent public revelation of his amoral, incapable, and bizarre inclinations did precious little to diminish his demonstrated popular acceptability. The election and re-election of such a pernicious, egocentric, and persona to the National Presidency gave us pause and raised disturbing questions as to the essential quality of the Nation’s electorate who supported his ascendance to the Oval Office

Neither his demonstrated incapability, his serial mendacity, his neurotically singular, exclusive self-interest, his disregard of the Constitution and the rule of law, his unorthodox behavior and paranoid conspiracy ideations, his unabashed criminal acts, nor his vaunted sexually abusive behavior and general amoral behavior seemed to diminish his virtual tidal wave of support. We were, to put it simply, discombobulated, but also deeply concerned about the impact on our democracy of the (non-Jeffersonian) quality of the citizenry.

The oceans, however, are not empirically static as demonstrated by their tidal waves and alterations engendered by other significant actions of the ocean. such as their daily tides and other natural phenomena.

The ultimate revelation of the falsity of Trump’s “snake oil” demagogic promises of immediate improvement of the Nation’s economic scene, notably, consumer prices, his dystopic and illegal employment of a distopian masked and uniformed private army to arrest, incarcerate, and deport innocent, productive, taxpaying Hispanic Americans, without a scintilla of due process, solely founded upon their tan skin and use of Spanish language, his unauthorized, barbarous and hubristic demolition of the East Wing of the Nation’s venerated White House, to construct a personally deemed, appropriate, 300 million dollar ballroom, concommitant with his inhumane elimination of food and medical assistance to the needy, plus his autocratic and illegal domestic, use of the military, has dramatically reversed the direction of his former tide of support and initiated a consequential tsunami of “NO KINGS” opposition. To utilize the theme and title of this writing, “The tide has (beneficially) turned.”

We are looking forward to the expeditious arrival of a calm sea for the progress of our Ship of State.