And that’s the rub, isn’t it?
The oligarchs here, regardless of who they are or where they stand, all have the same problem. Whether it’s coastal liberals bullying southern whites or Midwesterners, or GOP types attacking China or Russia or whomever, they all suffer from the same delusion, which is the fantasy that this is all about projecting power.
See- it isn’t. It’s about working WITH people, instead of against them. It’s about building bridges and being nice, and listening to others and not trying to bury them and genocide their way of life because you just happen to disagree with some of it. It’s about respecting others and their borders, and trying to make life better for them, by offering them something that you think they can use to make themselves happier.
That isn’t what we do, anymore. It’s all attack, attack, attack, both domestically and internationally.
Anything that the oligarchy doesn’t personally like is in their crosshairs, and that isn’t how you govern, or rule, or even be considered a responsible nation or a good neighbor to others.
And it makes no sense.
And for them, as individuals?
They’re cowards, the lot of them, from Trump to Bezos and everyone in between.
Whenever something stressful comes up, they find some excuse to cry “racism!!!!” and run back to their mansions, scared of their own shadows.
Like rats fleeing a sinking ship.
Despicable, all of them.