I watch the descent

I watch the descent, write and protest, powerless, as Darkness closes its grip.  And we descend. 

[Comment from a WaPo article by “HerdingDog”]:

22 hours ago

If Harris had been elected, Health Care would be intact. The CDC, WHO and NATO would strong. Universities would not have lost research funding. Women would have choice. Inclusion would still be a priory. There would be no tariff war. Canadian/ US relations would be business as usual - literally. Government services would not have been dismantled and gutted for data. The people would not have been forced to spend 50Million on an asinine birthday display. Immigrants would not live in terror of masked Gestapo.

One moron would not have started WWIII.

 

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[Excerpt from an article in The Guardian]:

 

Democrats were quick to point out that [Trump’s actions bombing Iran] were a clear violation of the constitution, which grants Congress the power to declare war on foreign countries. There was no evidence of an imminent threat to the US that might have provided grounds for Trump to act unilaterally …

But once again, Democrats find themselves shut out of power and shouting into the void … Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York called for Trump’s impeachment.

Fat chance. Republicans, who control the majorities of both chambers, are willing accomplices in their own subjugation.  …  Do not expect Republicans to pull the emergency brake on a Trump train that might be hurtling towards world war three. Mike Johnson, the House speaker, and John Thune, the Senate majority leader, led a chorus of praise for the attack …

The Trump who threw a birthday parade and used the military like a prop invited ridicule. The Trump who deploys troops to the streets of Los Angeles and drops bombs on Iran is altogether more dangerous.

Exit the showman. Enter the strongman.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/23/trump-iran-strongman-analysis

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Why am I posting this?  Simply a scream, hopefully cathartic.  It helps me to go on, to write.  To do good acts when and where I can.  Why?  For no purpose or end, except to do good, which yes, by definition, gives me meaning, even as evil takes over the world.

How do I define evil?  Facism, stalinism, hitlerism, totalitarianism--and key aspects of them, such as sexism, racism, homophobia, massive continuous hermetic deceit... and so on... an abusive realm full of hate and fear.  A place where people are so afraid they turn on each other to suvive and lick the feet of local officials who, in turn, lickspittle those up the chain, all the way to the dictator.

And, of course, war is evil.  War World III would be the ultimate victory for Evil.