(Read all the way through before allow yourself a knee-jerk reaction.)
If you don't believe in God, I'll put it this way:
Electing Trump was a natural consequence of the current conditions in the USof(N)A.
When I say Trump was chosen by God -- or by natural selection, if you prefer -- it is not in praise of Trump.
It is not in praise of Trump --
although he did do a passable job, given his personality and the mess he had to work with.
It is in condemnation --
It is not so much in condemnation of the ordinary citizens of the USof(N)A, although we do, in general, need to become more actively involved in the community processes, and less willing to be just led along by any party that puts on a good show.
It is in great condemnation of the career politicians of all parties who have necessitated electing a man like Trump.
And it is in condemnation of the vocal majority (they aren't a real majority, they're just the noisiest group) of Americans who put their own personal wants and ideals ahead of the needs of individuals and of the country.
Ideals are always separate from reality. Ideals are necessary for discussion, but the ideals that imperfect humans espouse always contain the seeds of their own contradiction.
Ideals that do not admit a certain degree of compromise can never meet the needs of any individual.
(That is, they can never meet the needs of any individual not willing to twist the meaning of the ideal to their own ends.)
A country is a calculus -- a summation of individuals. Without the individuals, there is no country. Ideals that do not admit a certain degree of compromise will, without fail, destroy a country.
It's time to get off your high horses and work for real change before more drastic measures have to be taken.
And it's time for everyone who has been in office more than eighteen years to go find a better way to make a living – a better place to serve.
You think Trump was bad, next time you might get someone like me.
I can't be elected president, on technical grounds, even if I could somehow break through the popularity barriers. I've been out of the country too long to meet the residence requirement.
But there are more than a few obstinate language/system geeks like me who do meet the requirements, who would be quite willing to apply very careful standards on every act of Congress requiring the president's signature, and quite willing to return every rejected bill with quite detailed objections, including technical objections, even though line-item veto, per-se, is not allowed.
And more than a few such individuals would be quite happy to help Congress to dismantle the behemoth that federal government has become, and find a way to push all the real power back where it Constitutionally belongs -- back to the States and to the citizens.
And to be quite vocal, and quite obstinate in his or her efforts.
