Thursday, July 30, 2026

(#6388) The trump pursuit of happiness is about harming!

      I as a philosophical type who constantly talks about our American phrase from our Declaration of Independence that states our unalienable rights like life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. As to life and liberty they are self explanatory. However, pursuit of happiness I always qualify with the John Stewart Mill assertion of doing no harm. So I say pursue your happiness but do no harm as the qualifier. Well trump has never read anything much except divisive propaganda so I would never suspect he would would qualify anything unless there was some gain for him regardless of harm. But for the many more of us who are ethical caring human beings we do understand that harming as a pursuit is wrong!
     So it explains a lot of the why we who are, vehemently against trump and are so unpersuaded by those who are not. It isn't about primarily one issue or his personality/behavior. It is about his cavalier attitude toward everyone else who is not him. He isn't about promoting democracy neither in America nor the world. He isn't about eliminating structural and ingrained hatred if it benefits him at all. He isn't about giving all human beings respect for existing, he is only tolerant if they worship or adorn him with their actions and resources. His pursuit of happiness only exists at the expense of all the rest of us. His goal in life is to be alone on top of the world and anyone else who would try to call him out on that or join him there is an enemy.
     As we continue in the era of his presidency we will find he is capable of much more harm to us as we fight back against his pursuits. But giving in to his desires now would only beckon more and give him greater self delusions. By fighting back we are suppressing his pursuits and making him feel the wrath he so richly deserves. His pursuits are slowed when we fight. They will continue but not at the speed and level he rushes for. He is already harming us so him threatening more harm is just more fuel to us fighting back against him. When his time finally does come to an end we hopefully will return to a leader who would protect our right to pursue our happiness without harming and join us as such!

No comments: