Damage

Stupid people annoy me because it is thanks to them that the rest of us suffer. They don't vote correctly or make judicious choices and only learn once they finally burned themselves on the hot stove. 

I work on having patience with them but have particular disdain for the strain in which the head enters an aperture and will not be pulled out thanks to their blessed intransigence. 

These people are amused by shiny objects and easily take their eye off the objective and I am all but certain they cannot be cured. Only people who are open to being educated and having their minds changed are worth our efforts.

Trumpism has given me a front row seat to how the levers work. You take a large segment of people who aren't well versed in issues, add to that those with hatred and discrimination and sprinkle liberally with the greedy and power hungry and you have the perfect recipe for what is transpiring in the US.

This isn't a fluke but instead a formula that takes full advantage of worst traits of human nature. It proves that cruelty for others can be tapped into on a very large scale.

These regimes eventually feast on themselves which is why they ultimately collapse but the harm done (always to the most vulnerable) takes decades to repair as will be the case here.