> Arbitrary chaos tends to benefit the powerful It depends where they're positioned. If they're on solid footing, agreed. But if they're 100 feet up on a hig

> Arbitrary chaos tends to benefit the powerful It depends where they're positioned. If they're on solid footing, agreed. But if they're 100 feet up on a highwire with no safety net, not so secure. > From what I can tell, Trump has not stopped the sabre rattling and foreign military interventions. It's a subjective call, but the only sabre rattling I've heard much from is Trump. It's when the media starts acting in unison (like when Trump suggested pulling troops from the middle east), that's when my ears perk up. > How are things better by not even paying lip service? I believe Trump in all he does demonstrates how illusory our political system is, and how closely it is joined at the hip with the media. He's managed to get plenty of serious people to say very silly things, intentional or not, and I think a lot of people are starting to catch on that there is a curtain on the stage, and that there are in fact things going on behind that curtain. This is a stark contrast to Obama, who was an absolutely brilliant performer, like the David Blaine of politicians. > He may call them for what they are, but his own reality distortion field prevents him from gaining any high ground.... Here I completely agree. Very often I cannot help wondering if he truly is as incompetent as people say, because sometimes it sure seems like it (covid, particularly opposing masks!!!??, the debates...all sorts of examples). At the very least, he is highly inconsistent. I imagine he is hyped up on amphetamines most of the time as well, which likely takes its toll some days, so perhaps that helps explain his truly incompetent days. > But IMO Trump looks like yet another conspiracy red herring rather than a productive path forward. Sometimes for a new forest to grow, you have to burn the old one down. Mother nature operates in mysterious ways. But even if Trump can successfully derail the system, he is in no way a man with a vision for a new one that serves everyone's interests - "Make America Great Again" minus the bad stuff would be a huge improvement over now, but it is still fundamentally flawed, and I don't see a lot of people lined up with better stories.