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16 Jan, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Soon this will be in the past...

I think it is likely the only ones laughing are the cynical smirks of those who benefit from our Trumpian pratfall.

The rest of the world appears to be on edge waiting for the day this Trump era is over. Image
Related, however, is the fact that "the way things were" is inadequate. It is not only insufficient to have as a goal "return things to the way they were", but it is in its own way regressive and provocative all over again. Sweeping the problem away for another day.
What is called for is to return to a better, deeper set of values, Ones that are espoused & articulated in our founding documents but not fully realized. Make the necessary changes now. Not someday. Now.
If we manage that, then the "crisis" will be averted. If we do not..then the cancer goes deeper.

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Michael Beaton Profile picture
19 Jan
The detachment from reality is escalating. As if that even seemed possible.
Wisconsin stand on its own?
Not likely.

The important part of this story is the reflection of the mindset of this tribe. Now to be denominated as Trumpers, its underlying philosophy Trumpism.
Trumpism is a philosophy that is rooted in a severe detachment from reality.
From its founder, and his megalomaniacal, solipsistic understanding of the world as his servant, and his own magnificence as the standard of excellence.
Whether Generals who did not understand the Middle Eastern issues; Scientists who did not understand how to drink lysol to combat COVID, or the boggling incompetence at organizing the medical and logistical support and system required to combat COVID. And Etc....
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Michael Beaton Profile picture
18 Jan
Trump is shunned in every quarter, except his most rabid and, in his own words “uneducated”, supporters. Those are the ones he loves. The ones he is willing to use, as fodder for his own, selfish cannon, for his own arrogant “wars”.
Increasingly no one else will have him.
Go now.
This article is a fine expression of the military angle on this momement. Recounting the history of the military with past presidents, and how they used their relationship and their farewells to honor the troops; Tr, of course, used his relationship to gild his own crummy image.
As all prior have honored the military for their dedications and work in their own way, according to the times and events, the article concludes that Trump will not have the opportunity to “thank the troops”. Having highlighted that the leaders of the military felt obligated
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Michael Beaton Profile picture
16 Jan
The assertion & question of unity, unifying the country, wondering what the hell the problem is, and why is all this happening is taking center stage. Dramatically.
As is the corollary question being tossed about, "How to heal the Nation?".

There is a #systems principle
that is a powerful insight into these, & related, questions.

"You cannot solve a problem at the same level it was created."

If the problem we were solving for were some detail, 'where to place a road; what $ to allocate to this or that project' sort of thing, then the way to
think about the problem, the impasse, is to appeal first to the functions of prior planning, history - meaning what did we do the last time, maybe pragmatics...Eventually, if the organization (whether business, community, or governance) may make a decision and that becomes the
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Michael Beaton Profile picture
15 Jan
@tommy_pane @bethesdabeth You know what is most observable about your obsessions?

You have made no comment, that I can find, taking a stand about the Jan6 insurrection.
My suspicion is you think it is perfectly fine. That it was exactly what was needed, and Trump was just the fellow to finally do the
@tommy_pane @bethesdabeth 2/ work he was called to do, and that he "promised" to do.

What he said was "drain the swamp" that you so appreciate about Trump, has turned out to be just filling the swamp with his creatures. And in the meantime denigrating any chance of addressing any of the many challenges
@tommy_pane @bethesdabeth 3/ that beset the country. Many of them Trump's own making. Including, most vividly, his unconscionable incompetence regarding his handling of COVID from the beginning. (or was it intentional? There's a theory for you).

More could & will be said about this incompetence.
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Michael Beaton Profile picture
15 Jan
Just for his (mis)handling of COVID Trump deserves to be removed from office, like you would a CEO who failed so miserably.
In Trump's case, it seems clear he had no intention of being a leader.

washingtonpost.com/health/2021/01…
What comes across as Trump's incomprehensibel incompetence may just be another outbreak of his malignant narcissism. Nothing in it for him. So couldn’t care less. Just fuck up the system with his eternal, infernal nonsense.
Lie about everything. Stop anybody from acknowledging
any fact or condition that would make his "look bad".

The key factor that we have learned from a Trump is that when a man is so devoted to himself, & so reluctant to learn, to actually be a public servant and do the peoples business he can and does inflict great harm.
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11 Jan
When (if) the full story of Jan6 ever comes out I predict it will have multiple levels of intention and complicity.
Broadly
1/The "base" level of the mob reacting out of what they believe & has been taught & insinuated into them for years.
I think this chaos is the cover for
other levels that seem to have a much more clear, "calm" mission.
These are the people who are now utterly confused that what they were told turns out to not be true.
These people being disbarred from flying, or taken into custody, thinking they were just returning home, are
bearing the brunt of the response by the law enforcement system. They are the easiest to see, find, and catch.
They are the pawns. They are the Orcs in the Trumpian system...expendable. Useful. Necessary. But Expendable as the strategy & tactics require.

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