Grievance

Detransitioners who play into the hands of gender criticals leave me highly suspicious. What didn't work for them could be expressed without appearing on podcasts with bold titles decrying "gender ideology" especially when the statistics don't agree with them. This is but one example of how society works. 

Much of the world seems to operate on comparison, fear and grievance. Some people thrive on it more than others when their baseline should simply be live and let live. We should be happy when others find a solution that works for them but for some this is an invitation to be frustrated and attack.

Trump is one such creature of grievance and having received parenting less immersed in love than in the idea of winners versus losers, he spends his days making sure he wins over others often at the expense of logic. This is why the 2020 election result did not compute in his deeply damaged psyche. 

Now he is spreading his childhood trauma to the rest of the world in the form of tariffs. He will burn it all down if he has to because his 'raison d'etre' commands it. The fact that 75 million people fell for it is the far more depressing part of the equation.

There is no going back now because confidence has been lost and the rest of the world no longer trusts the US electorate to make reasonable and informed decisions. Never mind that much of the other half despises Trump to their core.

When someone shows who they are, you should believe them.