what?!?

Thought I would throw something out to see what response I'd get by examining how we all rely on privilege. (Some of course more than others.)

We become dependent on it unless we look inwardly enough to make it without it. How many, for example, correct the cashier when they've made a mistake in our favor? Some of course do, but they have character.

Others who don't make it even while privileged, turn, to those who offer an escape. some trump acolytes come to mind.

Those who thrive in that world need the adulation and suck in all the air. We all like to be liked and think better of ourselves than we should. Dunning-Krueger anyone?

When we get to the heavy stuff, can we BS our way through it and sell out our support or do we accept that we've been living a falsehood and ask for forgiveness. Does Michael Cohen deserve applause for his atonement or is he selling out to save his own skin?

A life lived without empathy is not a full one. The real grownups have empathy.

Maybe we missed this world because we grew up with empathy.

trump is reprehensible and walked into a world we allowed to happen. He gets the ratings and the M$M has no choice but to reward their shareholders. He provides the junkie fix.

Let us hope we have the strength to support that most important word in Speaker Pelosi's vocabulary regarding the wall, "No."

Because they didn't have money and connections behind them. But the few who did - well, the end game is always the same.

They're always looking for an escape from reality. They need their fantasy, where they're the big man in charge with all the toys.

As you said, once they actually have to deliver, they sell out as soon as they can before the bottom drops out and disappear with everyone's money they can stuff into their accounts, laughing at everyone they hurt.

I see them every day. They are as glossy and shallow as a grocery store magazine inside. I can't imagine being as hollow as they are.

Haele