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[quote="Demented" pid='290' dateline='1760351843']
[video=youtube]https://youtu.be/FFoLpfPZHC8?si=8TT9xt8IRCTaVFlX[/video]

Some of us are old enough to remember politics in the 20th century.  Call me naïve, but back then in America, it was Democrats vs Republicans.  They didn't agree with each other, their policies were different, but they were cordial enough in public.  They would have debates, people would vote on which ideas they liked the best, then everybody would drive home.  And they would feel safe.  There wasn't a sense that one side was trying to destroy the other.  There wasn't pervasive threats of jail, and the smears seemed tolerable.

Today's politics no longer is Democrats vs Republicans.  A feud has started, and it's impossible to believe that significant public figures won't come out of it clean.  Within the next five years, somebody with the last name Trump will wind up in prison.  This is where things are heading.  Or it might be a Biden or Clinton.  It depends on who's in power when the system breaks, and we reach that next level.  If it's not a Trump, Biden, or Clinton (and it doesn't necessarily need to be a former president), it could be James Comey or Pam Bondi.  That's how bad things are.  Everybody's out for revenge, and the gloves have come off.  They are using Mafia tactics (both sides) in that they aim for the kingpin, but they know they really can't get to him.  Al Capone was not convicted for bootlegging.  He was convicted for tax evasion.  That's how difficult it is to nail your rival's leader.  Do you know how to get to a Mafia leader?  You take out his children.  You take out things he loves.  You take out his henchmen, and you stay relentless.

We are past Democrats vs Republicans, though television will continue to frame it this way.  We are at Hatfields vs McCoys all over again.  A feud has started, it has spilled over into society at large, and few people understand the impetus of how it all began.  Donald Trump is out for revenge, and he didn't hide (at Charlie Kirk's funeral) that he hates his enemies.  In the video here, one of his sons defends Donald's actions of revenge, but I want to point something out.  It's not a fake feud, and that's why it's scary.  Also, the targets of Donald Trump's wrath go beyond Leticia James, James Comey, and (pretty soon) John Bolton.  They carry over to blue cities which did not vote him.  Portland is NOT burning to the ground.  I want you to notice something in this video.  Donald's son is not responding like some talkshow guests reading through bullet points on a page.  He is emotional, and his answers are genuinely coming from inside.  In layman's terms, "He believes his own bullshit."  From an outside perspective, an objective person could see corruption in Democrats and Republicans alike, but this guy is in an existential crisis.  Keep in mind that Donald Trump claimed America could not exist without him.  These guys are absolutists in the mindset of Aristotle (not that I believe they're read any noteworthy philosophy book).  They are NOT relativists.  Henri  Bergson's take on metaphysics is radically different than Aristotle's.  They can't empathize the same as ordinary people, and they don't know how to walk in other's shoes.

This Civil War is real enough.  This video features a lot of emotion, but there's also cuts of analysis, fact checking, and commentary ...

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