As clear eyed a take on the debate, race, and candidates as I've seen. It played out as we all should have expected, and will matter not at all, unless the ultra relieved Democrat herd get even more wild eyed and manic, and the insufferable Never Trumpers snarkier and more condescending.
Thanks. Unfortunately, it's not uncommon for people to dislike reading things that conflict with their preferences, even if those preferences don't align with reality. I try not to play to my readership (if I did, I'd likely have many more subs), and every so often, a post like this costs me a reader or two.
Peter, I’m paying you to call ‘em like you see ‘em! 😁👍 One nit I would pick at is your use of Id in Untethered Orange Id, versus Ego. While my knowledge of Freudian terminology is fairly superficial, Trump’s narcissistic egocentricity seems to be the problem.
Yes, he is an egomaniac, but Freud's breakdown of Id, Ego, and Superego aren't about egomania.
From the internet: "the id is the impulsive part of your personality that is driven by pleasure and repulsed by pain, the superego is the judgmental and morally correct part of your personality, and the ego is the conscious part of your personality that mediates between the id and the superego and makes decisions."
My argument is that Trump operates on impulse and his "lizard brain," i.e. the oldest and least "controlled" part.
Peter, how about a word for Libertarian candidate Chase Oliver?
Of course he's not going to win, but for me I have to vote for Chase because otherwise I am not coordinated enough to hold my nose while I mark the ballot. And maybe, just maybe, we can again elevate LP vote totals to something more than election night round-off error and put libertarian ideas into the political conversation (Gary Johnson, we need you!).
There was a time when, for a libertarian, the nominal Republican, at least paying lip service to free markets and limited government, was a (barely) acceptable lesser-of-two-evils. But with MAGA mania, that's gone out the window.
I lost "connection" with the LP several cycles ago, when it came to be dominated by absolutists and a wacky fringe. Moreso, I try to focus on policies rather than people, for many reasons that include the ease with which someone can dismiss a person over one policy disagreement.
As clear eyed a take on the debate, race, and candidates as I've seen. It played out as we all should have expected, and will matter not at all, unless the ultra relieved Democrat herd get even more wild eyed and manic, and the insufferable Never Trumpers snarkier and more condescending.
Thanks. Unfortunately, it's not uncommon for people to dislike reading things that conflict with their preferences, even if those preferences don't align with reality. I try not to play to my readership (if I did, I'd likely have many more subs), and every so often, a post like this costs me a reader or two.
Peter, I’m paying you to call ‘em like you see ‘em! 😁👍 One nit I would pick at is your use of Id in Untethered Orange Id, versus Ego. While my knowledge of Freudian terminology is fairly superficial, Trump’s narcissistic egocentricity seems to be the problem.
Yes, he is an egomaniac, but Freud's breakdown of Id, Ego, and Superego aren't about egomania.
From the internet: "the id is the impulsive part of your personality that is driven by pleasure and repulsed by pain, the superego is the judgmental and morally correct part of your personality, and the ego is the conscious part of your personality that mediates between the id and the superego and makes decisions."
My argument is that Trump operates on impulse and his "lizard brain," i.e. the oldest and least "controlled" part.
What a darned shame we are forced to vote for the lesser of two evils.
Peter, how about a word for Libertarian candidate Chase Oliver?
Of course he's not going to win, but for me I have to vote for Chase because otherwise I am not coordinated enough to hold my nose while I mark the ballot. And maybe, just maybe, we can again elevate LP vote totals to something more than election night round-off error and put libertarian ideas into the political conversation (Gary Johnson, we need you!).
There was a time when, for a libertarian, the nominal Republican, at least paying lip service to free markets and limited government, was a (barely) acceptable lesser-of-two-evils. But with MAGA mania, that's gone out the window.
I lost "connection" with the LP several cycles ago, when it came to be dominated by absolutists and a wacky fringe. Moreso, I try to focus on policies rather than people, for many reasons that include the ease with which someone can dismiss a person over one policy disagreement.