Thank you as always for you support. I couldn’t believe I was typing Soviet playbook line just as you made your post. I knew I was on the right track ;)
I've read tons of takes on the event by now and can safely say none were like this! Kudos on your compassionate (in the sense of clear seeing) look at a man who 99% of people see only through a political lens. I think Trump has significant problems and shouldn't be allowed anywhere near positions of power, but as you say he's also someone who survived a gun attack, and I share your curiosity as to what impact that may have had on his brain.
Very perceptive analysis. There may be another line of thought though. It is quite possible to imagine that the dominant effect on Trump after this event would be his belief that he is protected by Providence, that gods are on his side, that he has a divine mission to execute (and here is the main intrigue -- what does he consider this mission to be). In other words, he will become more of a zealot and less a pragmatic. The history is full of the examples of important players who, having escape death, started believing in their invincibility and executing their strategies following only voices in their heads (frequently to their peril). A classical example is the King Pirrhus of Epirus. Escaping death many times he started believing that he is under gods' protection, only to be killed by an old woman who threw a roof tile at him. Another variation on this theme of the impact of staying alive when you are not supposed to is masterfully presented in the movie "Pulp Fiction" -- the transformation of Samuel Jackson's character (and no effect whatsoever on John Travolta's one). There the transformation was to a good end, but we do not know what would be the acts to follow, as frequently the difference between good and bad is a matter of interpretation in the head of the person, especially if he/she is driven by the conviction of following the path of Providence.
I love the examples. The interesting this in pulp fiction is those two are hardened murders so it's Samuel who is the aberration perhaps. But yes it's impossible to know if change will be good or bad. Studies show 46 percent say they change for good, but my belief here is ppl know what good is there...it might be getting out of a bad marriage in which case, yes, the other spouse might find it bad, so it's impossible to pin down but from the perspective of the human. Therefore I'd say it's 50/50 there too. So I'd multiply the number of ppl who change to hood (46 percent) by the number of times the outcome is positive (50percent), so we are looking at about less than a quarter being good for the world.
Very interesting point of view. Keep writing!
Thank you 🙏
Awesome job with this!
Thank you as always for you support. I couldn’t believe I was typing Soviet playbook line just as you made your post. I knew I was on the right track ;)
haha yes
I've read tons of takes on the event by now and can safely say none were like this! Kudos on your compassionate (in the sense of clear seeing) look at a man who 99% of people see only through a political lens. I think Trump has significant problems and shouldn't be allowed anywhere near positions of power, but as you say he's also someone who survived a gun attack, and I share your curiosity as to what impact that may have had on his brain.
Also it's like Trump can't change BUT if he were to change this would be it..strange stuff
Thanks buddy -I'm so glad ppl like you share this interest
Just gave the piece a shout out ;)
https://open.substack.com/pub/smalldarklight/p/more-interesting-problems-to-have?r=8z5zd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
It's really nice to connect this interconnected web of ideas and feelings in the healingvrse
Very perceptive analysis. There may be another line of thought though. It is quite possible to imagine that the dominant effect on Trump after this event would be his belief that he is protected by Providence, that gods are on his side, that he has a divine mission to execute (and here is the main intrigue -- what does he consider this mission to be). In other words, he will become more of a zealot and less a pragmatic. The history is full of the examples of important players who, having escape death, started believing in their invincibility and executing their strategies following only voices in their heads (frequently to their peril). A classical example is the King Pirrhus of Epirus. Escaping death many times he started believing that he is under gods' protection, only to be killed by an old woman who threw a roof tile at him. Another variation on this theme of the impact of staying alive when you are not supposed to is masterfully presented in the movie "Pulp Fiction" -- the transformation of Samuel Jackson's character (and no effect whatsoever on John Travolta's one). There the transformation was to a good end, but we do not know what would be the acts to follow, as frequently the difference between good and bad is a matter of interpretation in the head of the person, especially if he/she is driven by the conviction of following the path of Providence.
I love the examples. The interesting this in pulp fiction is those two are hardened murders so it's Samuel who is the aberration perhaps. But yes it's impossible to know if change will be good or bad. Studies show 46 percent say they change for good, but my belief here is ppl know what good is there...it might be getting out of a bad marriage in which case, yes, the other spouse might find it bad, so it's impossible to pin down but from the perspective of the human. Therefore I'd say it's 50/50 there too. So I'd multiply the number of ppl who change to hood (46 percent) by the number of times the outcome is positive (50percent), so we are looking at about less than a quarter being good for the world.
You make several excellent points here. None of this is good for any of us. I hadn’t thought about it quite like that.
Thank you - yeh especially not for the most sensitive of us, and yet I think total apathy is not good either...