Yes, of course we're doomed. Our living systems (including human governance and compassion) began collapsing long before now.
On Wed, Nov 6, 2024 at 1:34 AM Jochen Fromm <j...@cas-group.net> wrote: > I woke up today and saw the horrific news on TV that Trump has won again. > It is incredibly bad on many levels. It is bad for the environment. The > world will not be able to stop global warming without the U.S. It is bad > for Ukraine as well. To me it feels like the end of civilization and > democracy. The people who voted for him probably do not read Paxton, Arendt > or Levitsky and Ziblatt. Or do not care. > > https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/562246/how-democracies-die-by-steven-levitsky-and-daniel-ziblatt/ > > I was wondering how this is possible. If we define populism as an > ideology that presents "the people" as a morally good force and contrasts > them against "the elite", who are portrayed as corrupt and self-serving then > this could be a reason why Trump is so successful. He is good at populism > because he is corrupt and self-serving himself, and uses projection to > accuse others. > > > https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/308163/what-is-populism-by-muller-jan-werner/9780141987378 > > What do you think? Why have people voted for him although they know what > kind of person he his? Are we doomed now? > > -J. > > .- .-.. .-.. / ..-. --- --- - . .-. ... / .- .-. . / .-- .-. --- -. --. / > ... --- -- . / .- .-. . / ..- ... . ..-. ..- .-.. > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom > https://bit.ly/virtualfriam > to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: 5/2017 thru present > https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ > -- Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D. Center for Emergent Diplomacy emergentdiplomacy.org Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA mobile: (303) 859-5609
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