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Excerpts from The Trump Diaries: The Role of Money

The conservative movement, controlled by major corporations are the main, if not sole reason that the traditional ideals of America are being threatened and undermined, not only in the USA but in numerous countries.  The conservative movement that placed Trump and his administration into office is motivated by money, but money does not sell, ironically enough.  What does sell is unwarranted ideology. 

Patriotism, a popular/populist ideal, often signifies a love of country, but under the guise of the conservative movement and its religious affiliations, patriotism becomes less a love of country and more a fanatical support of one’s own country as defined by a particular ideology, in this case Christianity.

Nationalism is another useful ideology to the conservative movement.  Nationalism lowers the categorical criteria for making others your enemy.  The conservative party’s goal is, simply put, to create a corporatocracy using nationalistic overtones and religious ideologies to bolster the idea, much in the same way that Hitler did in Germany, making promises to a continually more desperate population made so by the very movement the population came to support. 

All of this seems to point to a particular attitude of apathy and even loathing towards the American public by corporations and their stockholders as well as the conservative movement.  The legitimacy of the Trump administration and the conservative movement that supports it hinges upon nothing more than empty, twisted laws.  The emperor has no clothes, but it is becoming against the law to point this out.

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Just a Quote

“I use emotion for the many and reserve reason for the few” -Adolph Hitler

An interesting quote in an interesting time. This is an important point given the state of politics and society today. It is a quote that both implies the nature of us all and that of our societies, our civilizations and many of our beliefs.

The word, “reserve”, has especially and important meaning for it implies that the speaker is capable of reason and that the speaker does not maintain it in all circumstances. It implies rhetoric and persuasion and motivation and rationality.

The word “use” refers to a conscious decision on the part of the speaker to differentiate goals, goals that are left vague and unspoken. “I use” refers to the speaker’s willingness to lie to some and present ultimate desires to others.

“For the many” must refer to the mob, to the masses, and the few to those who are privy to private information. This is not in hindsight, but simply common assumptions that would be made by anyone who thought about this. However, if most of us rely upon emotion then only the few would understand the quote.