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Chomsky, Up Against a Sociopathic Megalomaniac: What Does This Tell Us about Ourselves?

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Democracy is disappearing after 350 years in England and 250 in the USA; so much of democracy depends on trust and good faith; according to the professor, England's constitution is only a few lines long.

Then Boris Johnson dissolved Parliament to pass Brexit.

DT has stripped the executive branch of personnel and all hirees are appointed rather than approved by the Senate. Sen. Lisa Murkowski dared to question the president and was lambasted on Twitter with threats that he'd destroy her.

During the Obama administration, McConnell had one goal: to obstruct Obama's every move. In the DT administration there are two activities: pass legislation that favors the super-rich and stack the judiciary with young, extreme right lawyers.

Is that fascism? Don't give DT that much credit; Fascism is an ideology; you can't put it on Twitter. Trump's two letters are M-E: symptoms of sociopathic megalomania.

Democracy is in serious danger.

DT is dismantling all arms control treaties; he has begun to test weapons again; re the START treaty, Russia wants to prepare for negotiations, but Trump insists that China join in and Russia has countered with France, which has more weapons than China.

Re the environment, DT is doing all he can to escalate the race to the abyss, maximizing the use of fossil fuels, attacking regulatory systems, including that of air pollution, which mainly harms those who live near industry: blacks and poor people.

We have long ago passed the highest temperature and level of carbon dioxide; close to 3 million years ago the sea level was 50-80 feet higher than it is now. In 50 years, half the world will be uninhabitable.

This malignancy in the White House has its foot on the pedal to fill the pockets of the rich, period:

unprecedented and indescribable

There is a purge of the committee of inspectors general who monitored the government for malfeasance; they were investigating the stinking swamp; the committee was created by Sen. Chuck Grassley; the rest of the GOP has turned its back on it.

This is an unbelievable moment: Australian scientists have publicized that one-half of the irreversible tipping points have been reached; I repeat, in 50 years half the world will be uninhabitable.

There's time to stop it.

Humans and many other species will become extinct.

There is a collapse of the traditional left-wing culture: the lifestyle of constant activism and the rule to vote against the worst and then get back to work; that mindset has disappeared; there is now the Never Biden movement; many Bernie supporters will stay home rather than vote for Biden.

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Marta Steele is an author/editor/blogger who has been writing for Opednews.com since 2006. She is also author of the 2012 book "Grassroots, Geeks, Pros, and Pols: The Election Integrity Movement's Nonstop Battle to Win Back the People's Vote, (more...)
 

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