FACING REALITY

I have not been honest with myself. I do not hold to the view we can beat the MAGAs.

Because I am a Marine, an officer of the court, a humanist, a promoter of good, and a staunch opponent of evil human behavior, I have written that the regressive cult can be defeated if we just wake up and vote them out. Sadly, I confess I am wrong. I predict the cult will win.

My generation and all of the baby boomers have failed. We were greedy and sociopathic. We failed to build on FDR's leadership, control the excesses of capitalism, and, most of all, educate ourselves and future generations. 

I also blame the poison of religion for the failure of our society to uphold the traditions and laws of our founders and those who have died in our service defending our fundamental values and virtues. The evangelical movement led by Pat Robertson added fuel to the flames of the psychopathic fascist grifters and charlatans.

We were asleep when the would-be dictator won in 2016. We have failed to adopt the warrior tactics of the cult. Many of us have awakened, but we have yet to rally the troops, find a fighter to lead us and adopt the guerilla tactics we need to win. That's because we are an honorable people. We do not engage in immoral and illegal activity in our adherence to the principles of democracy,

The reason I have abandoned hope is that the center and left, the responsible, intelligent Americans, never have adopted the right's warfare tactics and never will. We are trustworthy and intelligent people of honesty and integrity, not easily bamboozled by charlatans and grifters. We possess a compass, directing us to higher standards of moral conduct. But we do not cheat, lie and steal.

The fuel for the cult and its victory is the Christian evangelical clan, the scourge of society. My views are born of my contempt for that group of which my neighbors are members, and my prediction here is consistent with my longstanding admonition that religion will kill the species, one way or the other. Superstitions kill.