Trump

I don’t particularly like Donald Trump.

I did not vote for him in 2016. I chose to write in Ted Cruz. But I voted to re-elect Donald Trump in 2020. It was the final U.S. federal election in which I will participate.

As I explained to a family member at the time, I did not vote for individual people. Instead, I voted for the candidate who most closely mirrored my personal ideologies.

I did not know enough, politically, about Trump in 2016, so I didn’t vote for him. He was vague on some issues that were important to me. He had failed to commit on a stance to certain points.

I knew Ted Cruz. I had researched him. I had met with him. I had spoken with him. So, I voted for him despite the criticism that I was “throwing my vote away.”

In 2020, Mr. Trump had an effective track record as president. And, even though he was not a good human being, he was running against a worse human being whose mental capacity was questionable. The United States chose to elect a horrible human being with questionable mental capacity.

And that was how such matters work. So be it.

Today, however, the United States of America ceased to exist.

What today has proven, unlike any other time in American history, is that the power of government can – and will – be turned against people who disagree with that government. The problem isn’t just that is sets a disturbing precedent. That is a given.

No, the real danger here is that there is no point at which this process can be expected to stop. Logically, from the time a former president is indicted by his political opponents, those opponents can only escalate their persecution. And, further, those opponents can only rationally act in like manner once they have regained power.

What the district attorney, Alvin Bragg, has done is the bidding of a political sponsor instead of following the law. It cannot end here, no matter what verdict is issued by a kangaroo court.

This was the Rubicon.

Just as Julius Caesar’s crossing of that tiny creek in central Italy meant that there was no turning back to the Roman Republic, so too does Bragg’s decision mean that the American republic is dead.

We cannot return to a time when political ideas were simply differences of opinion. Instead, we must attack our opposition at every turn, whether they are in power or not. Only the elimination of those who disagree with us can be pursued.

Compromise is for the weak. Understanding is for the loser. Victory to the merciless and brutal.

Two-hundred and forty-seven years. It was a good run.