General Discussion

Sadly I think there are many people in America (certainly elsewhere too) with the seeds of Trumpishness within them but only a privileged few, through dumb luck, power or corruption are able to damage so many with the damaged psyche they carry within themselves, mental anguish that was instilled at a young age and never challenged, encouraged to change or assisted to heal. I see it in many around me who have the seeds of bullying and defensiveness within them because of fragile self-esteem I suspect. Only those with enough better angels in their lives and patient teachers can even make a dent in this broken mindset, but if none of try to reach the ones around us whom we can, in an empathetic way (and yes this process is tedious and painful), the world will always reflect this back to us to see where we have given up. It is easier to let the psychopaths among us rise to power because dealing with them is so exhausting, especially without support from others. Just my opinion after avoiding confronting the things and people I didn't like for many years only to see them elevated to the heights of power. I am glad at least some/ more people are standing up for what is right now. Perhaps America is getting its mojo back.