jknowgood
Diamond Member
In this video below, Socrates talks about Trump and his supporters:
As Socrates states in the video: "The greatest danger to society is not ignorance itself, but the illusion of knowledge. When they start believing the know everything, wisdom dies!".
Socrates also stated: "Democracy can only survive if citizens are educated in virtue and reason. Without that foundation, they would begin to elect people that said what they wanted to hear, rather than what the NEED to hear'.
last but not least, near the end of this video Socrates said "because when enough minds begin to question, the illusion collapses. Truth like light does not fight darkness, it simply reveals it"
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Don't get me wrong, the reality is that this is happening to both parties (not just Republicans). Nonetheless, the fact remains that Trump is the best conman (liar) in our history and that means that what Socrates says is more true now (with Trump) than with any other president in our history.
Ego, hubris and narcissism: Where Donald Trump ranks among the other 45 American presidents
Trump is the greatest liar, given media tracking of unparalleled numbers of repeated lies and gross exaggerations (upwards of 30,000 during his presidency — and 40 during just one recent campaign rally in Reading, Pa.)
Greatest flyer above the law — from his infamous declaration “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose any voters, OK?” to the Jan. 6, 2021 incitement of an insurrection against the American government, and his ensuing denials of any wrongdoing.
Greatest narcissist — as in “I alone can fix it”, with “it” encompassing the economy, the border, the well-being of women (“I will protect you”), the supposed “poisoning” of American “blood,” the war in Ukraine, and so on and so forth.
Because of all of the above, and the fact that his supporters "want" to believe his lies because it suits their beliefs, he is successful in convincing people to believe and not think and do research.
Here are a few of Trump's lies that his supporters believe to this day
1) The election was stolen
2) I will give you a better health care plan
3) I will make America great again
4) I will get rid of the corruption that exists
etc., etc., etc...............ad nauseum.
If we do not start asking questions and finding the truth (rather than believing we know), it will help us to overcome what is now happening to us..............loss of Democracy, rise of Autocracy, and living a lie that ultimately will kill us.
Coming from a liberal, which comes from the party who cannot tell the difference a guy or a girl. That's actually hilarious!