Mother, mother, mother - there's too many of you crying.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

Can't recall if I posted this when it first came out, but since I'm K-racing myself to the holiday:

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/...d-of-history/#!

There's one more void left at the end of that (which was great, btw): Liberalism's failure, or refusal, to play the nihilst's game.

A logical extension of that piece is:

Has the GOP's scorched earth tactics, culminating in Trump, led to a point where power is the only rule?

That's always been the case, but liberals tend to think govt stands in opposition to power, or somehow levels the playing field. It looks to me, if one examines yesterday's tax bill alone, that power will do as it likes, and can only be blunted with competing power. There are no more appeals to logic, to decency, or to reason. There are games to be played to acquire power, upon the acquisition of which, your party may govern for the betterment of all. ...Or just govern for its own interests.

I'm not sure the Democratic Party can ever play in the mud, as the GOP and Trump seem willing to do, while retaining its soul. Once you accept the notion its all a game of power, the rules become mere risk calculations. You slide into pure rationalizing, where there are few good arguments against acting entirely in self interest.

That author offers great insight. Nobody is going to finger wag, insult, or shame this country back from the precipice of Trumpistan.