In my haste to complete a mundane household chore, recycling an empty tissue box, I inadvertently read something that Dad had written on top of the box: falsify, 34, hush money, all counts, July 11, sentence, Trump.
My 86-year old father, who experiences the effects of early dementia and uses a wheelchair, took a few notes while listening to the news, which blared from the TV in the kitchen as he sat in the dining room.
Sixteen years ago, Dad’s only 70th birthday wish was to live long enough to see a Black President of the United States. Currently, Dad has lived to witness not only that, but also an infamous first in the history of the United States: a convicted felon POTUS. How far we’ve come.
The founding fathers, nor anyone else, could not have predicted that a former POTUS would be convicted of a felony, much less 34 felonies, and would still be the most popular candidate for a major political party.
I still think now, as I thought back in 2015, that most of his supporters project their desires onto Felony POTUS, regardless of whatever he actually says or does. I’ve always marveled at how he said illogical, contradictory things and his supporters didn’t care. They still don’t.
I’ve often heard that things get worse before they get better. Like my father, I hope I live long enough to witness the pendulum swing back the other way. I’d hate to see what comes next if desperate people destroy democracy. Nothing in the past, as far as “Western” civilizations are concerned, have been ideal.
I don’t suspect that the end of democracy would be to usher in a non Western, indigenous form of civilization although I suspect THAT would have society living more in line with nature. Best part: the billionaires could still jettison themselves into space.