President Trump: The NEW one and only politics thread

I get the appeal of "big government" statists. Someone speaks in compassionate tones and says that he will take care of all of your vital needs -- health care, retirement, how much you earn, what you deserve to own, etc. -- well, people are seduced by bullshit.

When they rejected that in the election after too much of a taste of it (and the shithole economy it starts us on the path toward), because of the arrogance of the people who want to nanny everyone else, and their apparent disdain for the people they actually treat like children. ... how the fuck did they end up turning to this?

He is a big government statist, TOO. ... except without the compassionate tones.

He is going to control the economy and everyone's behavior. ... because, well, he is the most successful human who has EVER (people really don't see through the exaggerated absolutes of a bullshit artist and lifelong fuck up?) lived, so he's clearly smarter than anyone. He's god -- just sit back and let god work his magic.

Economic liberty and individual freedom? Who needs those things? You have god. Not practical anyhow. ... because enemies surround us. Free markets? He loves them. ... except they need him to manage them (of course that being the point to a free market; HE isn't in charge). We need him to tell everyone where to put their plants, who to hire, what to charge, who to trade with and how, where to do business, etc.

Diverse lifestyles? Noooo. Civil liberties. Noooo. Those things allow too much individualism, and they can only stand in the way of statist control.

I said this during the election with the choices put before us. ... and I have said it virtually every day since the biggest idiot ever to live in the White House moved in. ... America is truly getting what it deserves. Truly. We lost our heads over 7 decades or so, and I strongly suspect this is going to be the final, messy result which will play out before our eyes. ... before we can take a step back (by necessity more than choice) and rediscover some measure of individual liberty again.