I don't know why people are so surprised by Donald Trump. Perhaps they have just not been paying attention? Probably, in the fashion of civilization embarrassed, they have looked away from the clear and unbroken path that uncouth media have been forging through our culture, a firebreak to disable education and insinuate violence and conflict wherever possible. Probably, they were too busy looking down at their gadgets to notice that "extreme" competitions or other feats of hostility have become the evening viewing choice of millions. Bigtime wrestling used to refer to a small group of avid fans, not the state of our politics.
If they had been watching, they might have noticed Jerry Springer taking over the daytime TV audience from boring old Phil Donahue, way back when in the 1980s. Jerry was so much more exciting, getting his guests to whomp each other for incest and scream insults about infidelity right there on camera! Made to order entertainment (and please consider the turn of phrase). This was just about the time that Reagan rehabilitated GI Joe for the kids - I remember being hopping mad about that one, as I had the kid. Bet you didn't notice they actually stopped making those toys for a while after the Vietnam debacle, did you? For a short (very short) while there, the military was not fashionable. Really!! Go look it up!
Little by little, media's pursuit of the lowest common denominator has eroded our schools, jacked up our hackles, and made heroes of thugs and criminals. W could have hardly turned down the September 2001 opportunity, suspiciously handed to him on a platter, to paralyze the populace with fear. Has anyone actually read the ridiculously long text of the USA Freedom Act? Does anyone still believe it has anything to do with our freedom?
From Tea Party to Trump is an easy jump; easy to convince a quivering culture that the Gov'mnt is our enemy in a world where we are fresh meat for foreign interests - Communists, Moslems, Refugees, People of the Other. A whole generation of fearmongering and greed poured into dumbing us down enough to actually consider a creepy, rich, blowhard, fascist as a candidate for office - any office! Trump is an idiot compared to Hitler, which only means our standards are even lower than a starving Germany. And I think it is sad that serious people are giving him the time of day. They should have seen him coming a mile away.
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