In light of recent events, with a democratically unseated yet demonstratively truculent outgoing POTUS showing a certain…reluctance to abdicate his throne, sending his Secretary of State on a “farewell tour” to gaslight the Earth for the “benefit” of the incoming POTUS, I thought it might be fun to revisit a post I wrote the day before Trump’s inauguration and ponder the Reagan-coined legacy question: “Are you better off than you were 4 years ago?”
(Originally posted on Den Of Cinema on January 19, 2017)
How it was: 1/19/17
By Dennis Hartley
Just for giggles, let’s look at some of the developing news stories on this day before the inauguration of Donald J. Trump as the POTUS:
Oh, boy.
Aw, jeez.
Ay, cabron.
Oh god.
Oh, fuck…
…this is no dream, this is really happening, isn’t it? I feel safe. You?
“Ignorance is king. Many would not profit by his abdication. Many enrich themselves by means of his dark monarchy. They are his Court, and in his name they defraud and govern, enrich themselves and perpetuate their power. Even literacy they fear, for the written word is another channel of communication that might cause their enemies to become united. Their weapons are keen-honed, and they use them with skill. They will press the battle upon the world when their interests are threatened, and the violence which follows will last until the structure of society as it now exists is leveled to rubble, and a new society emerges. I am sorry. But that is how I see it.” – From the novel A Canticle for Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
— Dennis Hartley