The "Lord of the Flies" is the devil inside us, projected outward. In Willam Golding's boozed-up, misanthropic view even little kids are blood-lusting killers with only the veneer of civilization preventing them from acting out.

I disagree with the book's premise, but I agree with your comparison.

Trump is nothing. He's a dead body, a pig-head, a hallucination. He doesn't have the physical power to cross the street.

His believers gave him power.

That power can kill, and does kill even those who don't believe.

Raven

(14,275 posts)

5. I am in awe of your response. It's what I was thinking but I could never

Reply to violetpastille (Reply #4)

Sun Jan 6, 2019, 03:07 PM

Jan 2019

have expressed/explained it as well as you just did.

thegoose

(3,115 posts)

6. Actually, Pootie's the lord

Reply to Raven (Original post)

Sun Jan 6, 2019, 06:25 PM

Jan 2019

And Dump is a fly. That's why he's surrounded by MAGATs!

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