To be more specific, its "Christian" base hold firmly to tenets like the following that can only be described as "Cohnistic," Trumpian, nihilistic, or (in religious terms) heretical:
- There are no basic ethical principles (except that abortion is immoral).
- Human life has no value except in its fetal stages.
- The concept of truth is completely meaningless. This is because the public's attention span and memory are so limited that repeated deceits make no lasting impression and will soon be forgotten.
- The U.S. Constitution (except for the Second Amendment) is entirely insignificant.
- There are two sets of laws, one for the elite and another for the rest of us.
- As legal persons, corporations have more rights than living human beings.
- International law applies only to U.S. enemies, never to the United States or its allies.
- While the United States has the right to assassinate, bomb, drone, invade and occupy wherever it wishes, defense or retaliation against such aggression is criminal and liable to maximum punishment.
Conclusion
Do you see what I mean in describing our situation here in "America" as worse than our neighbors to the south?
It's a truism to observe that whatever imperial governments -- from Rome to Great Britain to our own -- do abroad eventually returns to haunt them at home. My experience in Tijuana coupled with watching "Where's My Roy Cohn" underlined the veracity of that terrible axiom. It all made me realize that our government has been taken over by cynical nihilists and more than that by mobsters, pedophiles, blackmailers and heretical religious fanatics.
So, my take-away from border work in Tijuana is not only dismay, sadness, and despair for refugees at or border. It's the same sentiments for ourselves.
With elections on the horizon, it's also the question, what are we going to do about it? We have to determine which available candidate is freest from the sick contagion I've just described.
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