The radicalization of Trump is predictable. I am fairly convinced he entered office with the agenda witnessed at the end of his term in office. I would like to focus on the people that support Trump and his extremism. I think it is safe to say most of his supporters are among white men. The women may be spouses, but, they are mostly aggrieved by life in the USA after military service.
Let's say a person is a Caucasian man that has served in the USA military, some even in higher ranking and elite units. Sitting in the lounge chair at home with a past of a good paying job and retirement currently and/or permanent disability from the service or not, the issues presented on the internet or on cable television are disturbing. Every military person likes to have purpose in their lives no matter the time or difficulty of their lives.
"DON'T YA WANT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT?!"
That is the MAGA American.
Every CAUSE of the unspoken is the follower of Trump. He is and has been willing to sell his soul to anyone that will lend him a vote and carry him into permanent power in the USA. There is no doubt Trump wants permanent occupation of the White House. He is probably convinced he is the only one that can do it, whatever it is. So, the nightmare is true. If Trump were put back into power in the USA he would carry forward every "cure" his followers demand.
Imagine being a Shaman all you life and you are still in your thirty somethings, wouldn't you want to be propelled into power and have a mega-church all your own where money can be stuffed into mattresses and walls for safe keeping? Sure. Absolutely. So, why not attach oneself as a Shaman to an extremist campaign that adheres to ANY belief system so long as it garners more supporters and can elect candidates friendly to "the cause?"
The one extremist problem within the MAGA movement is that they will seek to achieve every nightmare scenario no matter the outcomes. They have no intelligence regarding the issues in the files in Maralago and they have no real solutions, except, they know money and plenty of it will solve their so called problems. So, with Trump in the White House and access to all the best information while hosting the constituency, he is the only one that can do it, no matter what it is. That is why the knowledge he had was not shared with his constituency and is the only reason he has value. He is the only one that will be able to link the intelligence of the USA government to anyone else, hence value.
The communists should be taking notes right now because whatever their plans were after accessing USA intelligence via Trump, it isn't working. That should tell USA enemies Americans think on their feet and not out of files. It is not to diminish the value of the files, it isn't as though the Maralago files are meaningless, it is just that those in power within the USA structure know how to protect the most powerful country on Earth. I didn't say the most virtuous, but, it is the most powerful.
So, I think that explains why Americans are willing to follow Trump. They do believe he is an answer of sorts.
I think QAnon is a problem in our society because there is no doctrine. When one looks to established religions there are doctrines of the church that can be understood. QAnon is a make it up as you go kinda religion. So, in the case of QAnon, there are a lot of emotional components that make it work. Emotionally, this is God. No different than the Robert's Court putting religion before country, that is the type of power within QAnon. If the leader of an established religion states a qualifying requirement, the membership will follow to the best of their ability. That is QAnon to the Trump extremist. Additionally, QAnon is not solidly defined in it's doctrine. So, as an example, if a Catholic goes into a confessional and receives a sentence to absolve the sins before God, that is fairly predictable. Any Catholic knows that after confessing sins to a priest they will be on their knees for awhile after leaving the Confessional. That is not the case with QAnon.
QAnon runs the universe. Not just politics, not just economics, but, the entire universe. So, when it comes to the followers of the faith a lot of abstract ideas can be drawn on to propel the belief systems. QAnon in small populations is fairly benign, but, when attracting large populations while answering all the questions in that population of people with whatever the "here after" says, is very powerful. Basically, QAnon is a national security issue for the Free World. That is not a problem for communists, they simply eliminate the problem, even with legalized euthanasia.
So, when it comes to MAGA politics, QAnon is willing to be "the spiritual" component to the questionable. Additionally, there is a Shaman in prison right now (click here). What a perfect icon for Trump and his run up to power again. As soon as Trump is in power he can free the Shaman and all will be right with the universe. There are such understandings in the world as political prisoners. I don't identify the shaman in prison as a political prisoner, he is an insurgent to a dangerous mind set for Americans. But as to the QAnon followers and the Trumpies, they want that power. They want to be able not just to be spiritually satisfied, but, also to break every law on the books that gets in the way of "creating" their own perfect outcomes. NOT A PERFECT WORLD, their own perfect outcomes.
Attaching oneself to a belief system that is highly dangerous and destructive is nothing short of a personality disorder. Substance abuse of any kind is not a true life in the sense of purpose or happiness. A human being becomes a slave to nothing that cares about him or her, but, only saps resources that satisfy the addiction. That is why the Free World wants to cure all ills.
The quality of life of any obsessed person is unattainable. Quality of life is not defined as wealth that successfully fulfills an addiction and hence it is not an addiction so much as a habit. That is not a habit, it is being wealthy while suffering from a personality disorder. Does one argue that a personality disorder that allows financial success is a good one to have? Sure. That argument is made everyday somewhere in the USA, but, it is an invalid value system. There are examples of people willing to attach themselves to someone that "will deliver" their own outcomes whether or not it is good for the country.
Trump is an opportunity. These donors and his followers may see Trump's blind ambition for power as a real solution for their wealth.
One has to look at the million/billionaires and decide when is enough, enough? When do these people hit the billion dollar mark and decide that is plenty for me and then benefit charities trying to solve problems such as United Nations NGOs or the Salvation Army or a non-profit trying to end child poverty or a conservation organization with a handle on the climate crisis with real solutions? The fact of the matter is that the wealthy are in need of the most control they can have in order to keep every penny earned through investment and/or invention. Not that they don't donate. That would never be the truth, but, they donate to satisfy negating their tax balance in any certain year. Also, we know that donations by individuals such as billionaires aren't necessarily making it to those that need that level of help, that is why the tax structure of the government must be insisted upon to bring equity to disenfranchised Americans.
The question is not whether Trump is the answer to all the outcomes backing him, the question is do Americans understand what quality of life is and how to achieve it. In the USA where capitalism exists, the problems such as health care and prescription drugs can be a hurdle for more than a handful of Americans, therefore, government at the federal level has to legislate to bring about the best outcome for all Americans. These common issues are not just solved at the state level, but, at the federal level.
So, are we finally finished with the extremist Republican movement called MAGA? No. MAGA Republicans are not exactly a movement so much as a corrupt aspect of our society that is harmful to the country in general. MAGAs have a problem. Their mindset is dangerous to freedom and democracy. The former Republican Party allowed it, rather than ostracizing it. There are MAGA Republicans today who are just as extreme as even and they do no favor to their constituencies for allowing the lies rather than the truth. Truth telling is a virtue that should be demanded by all Americans. Lies will destroy freedom and democracy.
ONLY TRUTH TELLING RESULTS IN A GREAT COUNTRY WHERE ANSWERS ARE SOUGHT IN REWARD FOR THE TRUTH.
This is a difficult time for all the Free World and not just the USA. We will conquer it. The only question is how long will it take and how much damage is done along the way?
September 19, 2022
By Alan Feuer and Maggie Haberman
Former President Donald J. Trump (click here) appeared to more fully embrace QAnon on Saturday, playing a song at a political rally in Ohio that prompted attendees to respond with a salute in reference to the cultlike conspiracy theory’s theme song.
While speaking in Youngstown in support of J.D. Vance, whom he has endorsed as Ohio’s Republican nominee for the Senate, Mr. Trump delivered a dark address about the decline of America over music that was all but identical to a song called “Wwg1wga” — an abbreviation for the QAnon slogan, “Where we go one, we go all.”
As Mr. Trump spoke, scores of people in the crowd raised fingers in the air in an apparent reference to the “1” in what they thought was the song’s title. It was the first time in the memory of some Trump aides that such a display had occurred at one of his rallies.
Aides to Mr. Trump said the song played at the rally was called “Mirrors,” and it was selected for use in a video that Mr. Trump played at the conservative meeting CPAC and posted on his social media site, Truth Social. But it sounds strikingly like the QAnon theme song....
By Alan Feuer and Maggie Haberman
Former President Donald J. Trump (click here) appeared to more fully embrace QAnon on Saturday, playing a song at a political rally in Ohio that prompted attendees to respond with a salute in reference to the cultlike conspiracy theory’s theme song.
While speaking in Youngstown in support of J.D. Vance, whom he has endorsed as Ohio’s Republican nominee for the Senate, Mr. Trump delivered a dark address about the decline of America over music that was all but identical to a song called “Wwg1wga” — an abbreviation for the QAnon slogan, “Where we go one, we go all.”
As Mr. Trump spoke, scores of people in the crowd raised fingers in the air in an apparent reference to the “1” in what they thought was the song’s title. It was the first time in the memory of some Trump aides that such a display had occurred at one of his rallies.
Aides to Mr. Trump said the song played at the rally was called “Mirrors,” and it was selected for use in a video that Mr. Trump played at the conservative meeting CPAC and posted on his social media site, Truth Social. But it sounds strikingly like the QAnon theme song....
