Trump’s not the first US president to fall in love with war. History shows where this is going | Peter Beinhart
www.theguardian.com
In his fresh intoxication with global conquest, Trump is following an established pattern – one that promises disaster
  • wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io
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    4 days ago

    When the origins of the Trump era began, back in the early 2000s, I had wondered if this is where we were headed.

    The focus on being “Alpha”, the obsession with trad-wives or the shaming of women overall, and even no nut Novembers, leading to complete abstinence for “purity” reasons. Then, of course, the harkening back to a non-existent yesteryear with the rise of MAGA.

    It all very much reminded me of the yearn for war from what I had read of the 1890s. And even the yellow journalism to boot.

    I was wondering when the other shoe would drop, when the facade of “focus on ourselves” would fall away and Americans would once again clamor for the romanticization of War.

    When we look into the mirror, that particular faction of America despises when they see. Life on the plains is boring and hard. The city, too foreign. So we must search out for some other scapegoat to take this out upon and be our outlet of destruction.

    And so here we are, once again at the precipice. Another generation of males conferring bread for blood. Not yet realizing what they are signing up for. For those whom survive, the scars will be story worthy for sure.

    For those of us still somewhat grounded in reality, nothing happening is new. They all pull from the same playbook of rhymes. Their base is growing weary of false pretenses, so look for the false flags to start happening next.

    For America now is much like a child who acts out for attention, performing ever more bellicosely until he extracts ever more desperate concessions…or wears himself out.