Imagine John Lennon rolling over in his grave. Imagine.
Imagine Joe McCarthy, Roy Cohn or Vladimir Putin as president.
Now can you imagine Donald’s “Law & Order,” & how much actual disorder & discord would inevitably result? (And the widespread disrespect for law that would get provoked?)
It’s reported that only 19% of Americans now think their government will tend to do the right thing, down from 77% in the mid-1960s (a steep slide coming, thanks to LBJ & RN). Nixon ran on “law & order,” and look where that went–anything BUT…..
Nothing erodes trust faster than language designed without respect to reality, to mislead for a personal end, using a touchstone entirely tactical, advantage-seeking, soon infecting the entire system & society at large…. [Rests of this in “Year of the Fluke” pdf.]