As the Wing Nut Turns

I have to admit, I am fascinated intellectually by the right wing demagogues and their pied piper puppets who spin fantastical and fantasy laden conspiracy theories, amongst them anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, of hatred which hurt and demonise others. And, of course, when you return the favour, they whinge and whine and boo hoo hoo about the conspiracy theories spun against them in satirical and parodic form and how they are hurting someone they care about. There are several words that describe such people, hypocrite, in particular, comes to mind. So does wink wink nudge nudge, pot, kettle, black, goose, gander, glass houses, and self proclaimed Christian.

Hypocrisy is not the only surreal thing that is fascinating about the right. So is, in a weird sort of world turned upside down kind of way, the moronic Jack Attacks of the devotees of the Cult of the Orange One. Especially interesting is the fact that many of the devotees of the Orange One can no longer really see because their minds have been colonised by an anti-historical and anti-empirical ideology as a result of demagogic socialisation. Many of them, for instance, can no longer comprehend the historical and empirical reality of who controls the governments of the core nation world including that of the United States. To wit: the president of the US is a narcissistic and delusional failed businessman who has declared bankruptcy at least five times, while Mnuchin, one of the few adults in the Trump romper room, is a former investment banker. Those who run the government, in other words, are capitalists of the neoliberal sort until, of course, a crisis hits and they become born again Keyensians like Bush and Trump. So, the very thing the ditto heads are dittoing on about, government, is controlled by the clique and cabal they claim to adore, capitalists.

And the wing nut keeps turning...