So, it’s official. We have formally elected a deeply flawed
and apparently amoral man to be President of our United States. One person with
whom I am “friends” on Facebook posted a piece suggesting that, with the
election of Donald Trump, God had answered the prayers of the Christian Faithful.
And I thought, “Really, your concept of your God is that he decided that a narcissistic-sociopathic,
congenital liar, and sexual predator who is incapable of ingesting written
information so as to inform himself about the world, and who has been
consistently a failure at virtually everything he decided to “manage”, should
now be the leader of the Free World? Wow, what a statement about your God. See that might describe the actions of a “Satan",
rather than a “God”.
But, let’s be rational, folks. My thought for the day is,
the US election is the final proof that, either there is no God, or if one
exists, She really does not care about or act upon the affairs of humankind. What more do we need to know . . . nothing to
see here folks, move along . . .
And if that is true, as surely it must be, then why are we
here at all?
Well, if we were not here, how could we eat snickerdoodles
at Christmas time, or enjoy a cool brew from the Cabarrus Brewing Company? See
what we would be missing? Oh, but I get your question . . . you mean, why are
we anywhere?
Well, I guess there are two views on that subject. One view
is that God waggled his/her finger and poof, we are all here. I know, I know,
that’s really silly. But then there is the view that we are here because life
exists everywhere, and if life exists everywhere, then why not here, and why
not us? See, it could be simply random creativity, acting over billions of
years on millions of floating rocks that are attracted to fiery things we call
suns, or stars. And given enough millennia on all those floating rocks, we are
as likely to emerge as a monarch butterfly. Turns out anything is equally
plausible. See, I could as easily have turned
out to be a dragonfly. But I didn’t . . . maybe in a past life?
Ok, so we’re here. Now how does that explain the Donald?
Well, here’s where the randomness thing enters this
equation. Turns out not all creatures are created equal after all. Our brains
are wired differently, partly due to our genes, and partly due to simple
variations on a theme. Some folks are darker in skin tone than other folks.
Some have blond hair, while others have black hair. Who knew? And internally,
even more variation shows up. Some people
seem programmed to prefer calculus to surfboarding. Some folks look up at the
sky and wonder why . . . while others look at the sky and run for the UV
blocking crème. Even funnier, some folks
turn out to be guys, some are gals, and some are both or partly this and partly
that. Some resemble guys, but are really gals, and vice versa. See, it’s all
just variations on a theme, and if you keep producing variations for enough millennia,
you get a lot of really different things and folks.
Think. Over time, that variation machine produced Julius
Caesar, Jesus Christ, William Shakespeare, Adolph Hitler, that Mussolini dude,
Adlai Stevenson, Franklin Roosevelt, Jack Benny, and even Donald Trump. So, the Donald ain’t all that unusual. Many dudes are
similar to him, as it turns out, but most fade into oblivion because they aren’t born
into extreme wealth and a racist family.
Now, it’s also the case that most of the Donald Trumps of
the world don’t come into great power, including the many dudes who have his
deep flaws. Mainly, I guess we can blame his money which, when combined with
his character flaws led him to become a kind of silly television actor. Well,
actor is the wrong term and insults all real actors. Apparently, “reality TV
stars” are not real actors, although they employ the same kind of public venue.
See here we have another variation on a theme, produced by our
perpetual variation machine—a personality warped by whatever produces
narcissism, sociopathy, ADHD, and then further warped by exposure to unlimited
amounts of personal money, and then finally to unlimited exposure to millions of
fans on TV, producing . . . MonsterMan. This particular personality disordered
creature seems to fail at anything it tries to actually “manage”, but seems
successful at appearing in public in front of large audiences and insulting
people. He/it is really good at that
game. Just don’t let him be “in charge” of anything.
So, see, that God thingy did not have to have anything to do
with producing the Trumpster. He’s just another variation on a theme, however
unlikely it might seem. I mean, who would have predicted Adolph Hitler?
Happily, for all of us ordinary dudes and dudettes, the rules of chance seem to
favor producing more Gandhi’s or Churchill’s, than Hitler’s or Trumps.
So, in this season of supposed good will, we ought to try
and act like it, at least towards our family and folks we think of as friends.
Try to smile and think happy thoughts, especially toward those who might be
less fortunate than we are. Sharing some
of our good fortune with others seems a nice thing to do, regardless of our
dark thoughts about The Drumpf.
And then, after the season of good cheer, begin thinking and
even acting so as to rid the nation of the influence of the Donald. We’re stuck
with him and his companions in evil for a while, but we need to begin working
on getting rid of them . . . legally and peacefully.
So, smile for a while, and then get serious. This Nation has not yet run out of smart,
caring people who are willing to seek public office. Look around. They will
appear.
Happy holidays folks.
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