LET’S BOOGIE!

One way to look at it: In 1,531 days (as I write this) he will be gone.  At least with some degree of certainty, although the parallels with 1933 Germany are frightening.  But the Pollyanish among us can start counting.

The U.S. has now experienced a monumental setback for Martin Luther King Jr.’s hope that “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”

Installing the incompetent sociopath in the Oval Office for four years — and possibly longer — will be a massive bending towards injustice from which the U.S. and the world may never recover.

Of course, the inevitable damage Bozo and his criminal minions will do between now and then will be horrific. There will be endless turmoil, graft, corruption, environmental catastrophe, official lawlessness on an unprecedented scale, wealth transfer to the super-rich and massive hardship and suffering wrought upon the population (and the world) in general, and especially upon those who voted for him.

I’ve been following the explosion of “what went wrong?” opinions. For the most part, the critics are nibbling at the periphery of the real problem. The problem is systemic, and until that problem is dealt with, it won’t matter much who the Dems or anyone else runs for public office.

One example:  Elon Musk invested $130 million of his own money and used billions of tweets from the most powerful information source in the world to help buy the Oval Office for Bozo. That is only one of dozens of similar examples of how Bozo’s cabal flooded the zone with falsehoods, disinformation and propaganda to edge the vote count a point or two away from Kamala and toward the convicted felon and serial sexual predator. And as the dissection shows, it was mostly minor shifts of a point or two across the board, that gave the edge to Bozo.

Kamala ran a great campaign and was by far the superior candidate by ANY measure. Would it have made a difference if the Dems had not run a black woman? Or fashioned a different message? Or recruited Joe Rogan or RFK Jr.? Probably not. (I know the quibble knives are out for everything that she “should” have done differently.) However, the cabal outspent Kamala about 7 to 1, according to Thom Hartmann, if you track the dark money and other financial resources invested to achieve this outcome.

All of these resources were used to create an entirely false, dark narrative and picture of America (and Kamala and Joe) that doesn’t exist in the real world.

I’ve always agreed with Thomas Jefferson’s view that democracy must have a well-informed electorate to be functional. I still believe that.

But, unfortunately, there is a corollary that is also true: If the electorate is not well informed, is in fact overwhelmed with lies, falsehoods, disinformation and propaganda, putting democracy is at serious risk.

But having noted the systemic problem that resulted in this deplorable outcome, it still leaves one dispirited at the apparent obtuseness of our fellow citizens. There is a glaring moral and ethical failing in an electorate that supports a criminal of such magnitude, no matter the excuse.

We have crossed a line from which there may be no return. The Supreme Court has suspended the constitutional protections against dictatorship. How long will it be before Bozo establishes concentration camps? How long will it be before he installs a corrupt justice system to do his bidding? How long will it be before he totally destroys what’s left of an already cowed and compliant mainstream media? How long will it be before he starts prosecuting his political enemies?

He has promised to do all of these things. Or should I say, he has never stopped doing all of these things? And is certain to continue.

When I wake up tomorrow — 1,530 days left. Here we go.

(The Boogie Kings is an e-newsletter written by Bob Baldori, with art by David Small. The Boogie Kings Newsletter is published several times a week. To subscribe, go to theboogiekings.substack.com.)