Cynthia A. Baldwin: The suicide of democracy

Trump is back in the presidency and he is Making America Selfish Again. How? By taking the United States out of the World Health Organization, by taking the United States out of the Paris Accords, by stating he is taking back the Panama Canal, by changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and by threatening to take Greenland from Denmark.

It appears that Donald John Trump is remaking the United States of America in his own image. He is using his role as president to enrich himself and his family in the cryptocurrency and real estate businesses and to further enrich his cronies through tax policies and deregulation. He does not want to share the riches of our God-blessed nation with the poor and downtrodden. He cares more for himself than he does about the health of our children and our elderly. He cares more for himself than he does about the condition of the earth that we will leave to our progeny. He is vindictive, always trying to exact revenge on those he perceives as having either done something to him or having done something he does not like, and then he wraps himself in godliness. However, the Bible says in Matthew 19:23-24 that it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven. Why? Because all the rich man was thinking about was how to keep his wealth and power. In Proverbs 6: 16-19, it states: 16. These six things doth the Lord hate; yea, seven are an abomination unto him; 17. A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18. An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, 19. A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. Trump has hit the gambling perfecta by accomplishing all seven. And Trump is racist. The definition of racist is, “characterized by or showing prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism to a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized.”

So, all of you who are applauding what the new president is saying and doing, take a good look at yourself in the mirror. If you truly believe in the morals and values on which this country was founded, you will not like what you see, and wrapping yourself in the flag of the United States of America will not make you look any better.

John Adams, one of our Founding Fathers, reflected on what is happening now when he said, “Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide. It is in vain to say that democracy is less vain, less proud, less selfish, less ambitious, or less avaricious than aristocracy or monarchy. It is not true, in fact, and nowhere appears in history. Those passions are the same in all men, under all forms of simple government, and when unchecked, produce the same effects of fraud, violence, and cruelty. …”

Wake up, America, before we commit suicide.

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