Sometimes kids have to learn for themselves.  You know the type – the child who defies your warning to be careful or not do something that could be painful, like touching a hot stove or tasting Tabasco.  Some kids listen, and some…have to learn for themselves.  I think we’re there.  Trump has bent reality to the point that alleged rapists, liars, haters, racists, security risks, and the clearly unqualified are tapped to lead gigantic federal agencies with millions of people.  Prolific lying is normalized.  Political pressure from oligarchs’ money, along with the caving of tech bros has created a tsunami of bad judgement and acquiescence that’s going to get precisely what Trump wants – chaos and destruction.

You know what?  Sometimes you just have to let them touch the hot stove.  I predict that in the next 24 months millions of Trump voters who have supported mass deportation, privatization of the Post Office and Medicare are going to be shocked when they lose benefits and friends disappear.  They’ll be pissed when the price of eggs and other groceries skyrockets and when it costs more to fill up their cars.  They’ll be shocked when their iPhone and television prices double, and when there are shortages of products they’ve come to expect on the shelf.  They’ve believed the bullshit and touched the stove – let’s see how long it takes for them to recognize that doing that really hurts.  The problem is that others who didn’t touch the stove will also get burned and healing will be a really long time coming.

There’s not much else normal people can do now.  Delusion has taken over at all levels of government, business, and society, and the only way out now is to let happen what’s going to happen.  Hopefully when the suffering gets hard enough, people will wake up from their coma.  I just hope they do.