Pay Attention

One of my nephews from Virginia spoke with Kadizzle at length last night.  Politics was the topic.  My nephew expressed concern about our country and what is happening.  He explained his awakening.  Democracy is under a huge threat.  The days of sitting home watching sports and getting lost in nonsense need to end. Pay attention.  Our basic rights and the basis of our country are under attack.  The gun nuts for years have been scared they are going to lose their guns.  You have to give them credit.  At least they got off their ass and fought back.  The country is being divided.  There are the have a whole lots, the have something, and the half nothings.  We have become a country dominated by the interest of those at the very top. The top few percent own and run the country.  Those in the middle and those on the bottom are there to be exploited.

Right before our eyes Trump and his gang are taking.  They are taking a bigger piece of the pie for themselves with massive tax cuts for themselves.  They are setting up the rules to steal public resources and lands.  So much can be learned from Hitler and what he did.  The German people Hitler set up were some of the most educated people in Europe.  If you pay attention to how dictators work you will see they all use the same tactics.  Put this in your notebook. Trump has admitted many times in the most public way he admires dictators.  Trump has told the American people he admires Putin, and the dictator of North Korea.  Trump has already invited several dictators to the White House.

So lets play golf, watch some football, and see what is on TV.  None of this is my problem.  I have gas in the car. I have a TV that works, I am not hungry or cold.  The simple reality is people do not get excited until they are in pain. Nobody cares unless they are somehow personally affected.  If the town ten miles west of us is bombed so what it did not destroy our cable and it looks like a good day to fish.  Americans just cannot understand that it works it's way up the food chain.   In Germany the most vulnerable were attacked first.  No one cared when the gypsies were rounded up.  No one cared when the severely disabled were rounded up.  What people could not see was that Hitler was working his way up the food chain.  So now we have Donald Trump destroying health care.  Doesn't matter to me, it has not affected me yet.  That is the American way.  Kadizzle always thinks of Germany and when the German cities were fire bombed. It was a hell like no other.  Read about it.  When the cities burned what did the Germans who did nothing think.  To them Hitler was the answer.  In the inferno did it occur to them what they had done.  Did they realize that by doing nothing they had brought on the flames that were roasting them.  How many of those people who were burnt alive realized that they had been enablers of Hitler and done nothing?  Today we have Donald Trump. People see him as an amusement and harmless.  Hitler was once seen that way.  History is no longer taught in our schools.  People have no concept of history, even recent history.  Teaching history has a purpose.  You learn about the mistakes of those before you so you do not repeat them.  Trump and his gang know the old tricks.  They know how the McCarthys of the past lied and manipulated idiots. They know how to use fear, and the classic tactics to fool the masses.  Car dealers remember what works.  When they find and sell a car to the first sucker they use their knowledge on the second sucker.  That is how history works for them. Look back to the depression and learn some history.   See what happened the last time the rich took it all. No forget about it load the boat and go fishing, watch some golf on TV.  Who cares I am warm, and not hungry, it just is not my problem.