(#5784) My hope is our better natures prevail

      I know this much. Our lives together were going to be so much better had not so many fallen for the bullshit of trump. Yet that they fell for it does tell me that we as a society are not ready for leadership in the world. Our moment has been left behind as we were not wise enough to grasp it. Instead our future is laden with pitfalls and ambushes that will not only diminish our current upward trajectory but will put us on a pathway heading to collapse. Other nations of intellectual appreciation will have to endure the leadership shouldering we here in America found ourselves incapable of handling.
     There are a handful of regrets I can point to in my lifetime that were self inflicted wounds but this one was as unnecessary as any, much like in 2016. I had hoped that the momentum built up to advance society for all Americans would have been more than enough reason to continue but instead we find ourselves facing down the barrel of a sick individual who does not believe in equality or the sanctity of life. His future could have been one of togetherness but his diseased mind cannot fathom that concept. He has grown to be such an ogre of soul and spirit. Even though he has had many collaborators he is not the end all persona he would like to think he is which gives all of us some little hope.
     What we know of the mental ineptitude of trump is that it is not contagious. Of course he does attract like minded individuals who have a similarly deranged psychopathy, but certainly not as forlornly miserable as trump's. I am seeing even some in his inner circle have more common sense and dignity, albeit only slightly more than he. Which when it comes to destroying our democracy may hinder them in their lust for their share of devilishness. Our nation has not been a smoldering cauldron of traitors nor majority insurrectionists. The next 2 years will be our truth and what we do and/or are able to do will likely hinge on some crumb of decency from those trump installs to intentionally darken our future.