Thursday, July 27, 2017
Is President Trump a tragic hero or villain?
Aristotle thought a tragic hero should
not be defined as a virtuous man brought down, but simply a man who
evokes fear and pity brought down.
On President Trump's side we have the
powerless populist/nationalists who nevertheless elected Trump, and
on the other side against him we have the powers and governments of the world,
including the most powerful lobbies of Wall Street, Oil, the Israelis
and Saudis, as well as the Big Media, the unelected Deep State, the
Democratic Party, many in the Republican Party, the academic world,
all of show business, etc etc.
They all attack Trump, often with dirty
tricks, and when Trump becomes frustrated and angry and shows his
flaws they say his administration is in chaos, a chaos they caused.
They would like to drive Trump mad, and sometimes they seem to be
succeeding. In spite of all this Trump has done more for
populism/nationalism than any leader has in very long time, in going
against NAFTA, open immigration, political correctness, cultural
Marxism. etc..
But it is not yet clear to me if Trump
was or was not controlled by the Israeli and Saudis lobbies all along, since
he has almost immediately given them both exactly what they want, the
power of America supporting their every nefarious action. Or perhaps Trump
uses changing values and virtues to fit his own personal power. In that
case his
populism was a demagogic con to get elected, and he would be more a villain than hero.
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