Gift of the MAGA

WE WILL GIVE YOU ANYTHING YOU WISH, BUT NOT THE PAIN OF ANOTHER.-

CORDWAINER SMITH

The era of MAGA sounds a despicable decree- we will give you nothing, but the pain of others.  For those who have become accustomed to misery and despair of escape, another's agony provides them solace.  This strain of sickness runs through the history of society; whether the spectacle of the colosseum or the squalor of the hometown hanging, the stupefying satisfaction derived from observing the torment of others has a dark hold on humankind.  

The birthright of suffering remains as sure as the upward flight of sparks, but the relish with which some devour the misfortunes of others- that is chosen and preventable.  Lacking beneficial offerings, MAGA  delights in inflicting anguish as it revels in dehumanizing and debasing vulnerable people.  Embracing exploitation, rending scapegoats, and mauling the defenseless gorge but never satiate their cravings for the suffering of others.  

They have squeezed themselves hollow with a lust for power, and no amount of cruelty and torture can fill that void.  This is the gift of the MAGA.

MASKS OFF

 How to start a war?  Nurture your own latent hungers for power.  Forget that only madmen pursue power for its own stake.  Let such madmen gain power- even you.  Let such madmen act behind their conventional masks of sanity.  Whether their masks be fashioned from the delusions of defense or the theological aura of law, war will come.

-Gowachin aphorism

War has come and with it, the loss of any semblance of sanity.  We are delivered whatever madness the day requires; delivered from the electronic rooftops throughout a land under siege.  Any that speak against it are denounced as traitors, branded as demons, and threatened with extermination.  

Bloodlust feeds a frenzy that sacrifices life, liberty and resources on the altar of hubris; an altar dedicated to a despot divorced from reason and compassion.  Conceive in fear and forged in hatred, his rages consume the country that elected him and threaten the world at large.  

The mask has been removed, revealing the darkest impulses hidden beneath.  The face of war mirrors our own.