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You point out something very important: many people are putting their faith in him, and that faith-placing (when it involves a mere man) often blinds us to the truth. Perhaps I am being too much the history major here, but this tendency reminds me of Italy in the mid-twenties and Germany in the early thirties: placement of faith in political agitators whose records obviously disqualified them from leadership positions, yet they were given access to ultimate power. I understand that it is now a cliche to compare the Innkeeper today to the Bavarian housepainter of 1932, but the contours of the two situations are eerily similar; and if the contours are similar, will their effects also be? That is the thought that keeps me awake at night? The Innkeeper's slogan of "Make America Great Again" is not that different from "Deutschland, Deutschland, uber alles" or "Ein volk, ein reich, ein fuhrer." But the unanswered question---"Whose Anerica?"---is the same as the question in 1932, "Whose Germany?" (You can also see a great depiction of this process in Kirk Douglas' movie, Spartacus, where the question is "whose Rome?") The American that the Innkeeper wants to make great---that is, dominant ("uber alles")---demonstrated its heinous presence on January 6, 2021---when it did not mind to inflict damage upon property that belongs to all the taxpayers (not just those who voted for the Innkeeper); and was willing to consider murder when it demanded the lynching of the then sitting Vice President. Property damage and the consideration of murder: is that the fabric of society we really want to give access to power, when it rides in on the Innkeeper's coattails?
Starward
