The “Crook” and the Creature
“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
H. L. Menken (1920)
The so-called “crook” Clinton would have essentially given us the S.O.S. The creature promises to take us into The Twilight Zone. See his transition team choices for hints of what is coming: Bannon is a leading choice for chief of staff along with the DC insider Reince Priebus, and the creationist Ben Carson is one of two highly unqualified candidates for Secretary of Education.
Oops, the creature just picked Mr. Priebus for CoS. So much for “draining the swamp”. Half of this country got suckered BIG TIME by a demagogue creature.
There are other types of election systems that might be better suited to our modern age. Europe has some good ones. Nothing is perfect. Nothing lasts forever. There are no final theories in science, or in social contexts.
RLO