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[H2O Man]

21. Very good. Thank you.

“Every tyrant knows that if he can get others to focus their hatred on some other person, they will soon forget their own low level of being.”

That sentence, from one of my letters from Rubin “Hurricane” Carter in 1978, sums up how Trump won the election pretty well. It wasn’t only the chronic anger of republicans that fueled his victory. The angers and resentments of large segments of the liberal and progressive communities definitely played a significant role.

Certainly, those who voted for Trump believe that they “won.” I’m confident that, in a relatively short time, many of them will realize that they’ve been played. Still others will ingest another dose of that chronic anger, feeding an addiction that convinces them they are on the winning team.

Some of the liberal and progressive communities are apparently still very angry. We should be patient with them as individuals. That can include conversations about the current socio-political reality. But I don’t think it should include arguments.