Halls of Shrewd'm / US Policy
No. of Recommendations: 11
Fred C. Trump III has written a book that describes president Trump meeting with a group of advocates for individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities. At the meeting, Fred Trump says his uncle
“seemed engaged, especially when several people in our group spoke about the heart-wrenching and expensive efforts they’d made to care for their profoundly disabled family members.” he writes.
After the meeting, Fred Trump claims, his uncle pulled him aside and said, “maybe those kinds of people should just die,” given “the shape they’re in, all the expenses.”Umm.
But that was not the only time president Trump said people with costly disabilities should just be allowed to die.
The remark wasn’t a one-off, according to Fred Trump. A couple of years later, when he called his uncle for help because the medical fund that paid for his son’s care was running out of money, Fred Trump claims his uncle said: “I don’t know. He doesn’t recognize you. Maybe you should just let him die and move down to Florida.”That, ladies and gentleman, is the republican candidate for the presidency. No wonder he didn't give a rat's @ss about Americans dying by the hundreds of thousands of Covid... he didn't care about his own nephew's child living or dying.
But, ya' know, he's the "Just get over it" candidate the cult just loves.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/24/us/politics/don...
No. of Recommendations: 7
I am NOT a professional. However, if I were to take a swipe at it, I would say that convict Trump is incapable of empathy in any form. Maybe nature, maybe nurture. Dunno. Is psychopathy inheritable? It sounds like other of his relatives are (though, evidently, not his sister). The convict -IMHO- is a psychopath. No remorse or sympathy for anything or anyone.
No. of Recommendations: 4
That, ladies and gentleman, is the republican candidate for the presidency. No wonder he didn't give a rat's @ss about Americans dying by the hundreds of thousands of Covid... he didn't care about his own nephew's child living or dying.
A sociopath and a narcissist.
No one should be surprised.
No. of Recommendations: 1
The convict -IMHO- is a psychopath. No remorse or sympathy for anything or anyone.
Which seems to be very common among tyrants.
But why do we give them power over us again and again and again?
No. of Recommendations: 4
But why do we give them power over us again and again and again?
Depends on the tyrant and the circumstances, at least somewhat. I am more familiar with the rise of Hitler. But that was very specific.
I think a lot of people like a "strong-man". Someone who talks tough. Often the tough talk is directed at "the other", so the people don't feel threatened because they aren't the other. Heck, they want to go after "the other". It's too late when they realize what they've done (if they ever do). With Hitler, it was the Jews and economic hardship (fear/loathing of both). With Duterte it was crime (though he didn't usurp power as some others did). Not sure about Saddam, though I did hear an account of how he took power (carting folks away that didn't praise him). In France the message appears to have been immigration, but the right ultimately lost. Russia was mostly economic hardship (their economy wasn't great when Putin took charge).
I think another element of the psychology (I seem to recall reading this a long time ago) is some people like being told what to do.
First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
