The madness of the MAGA elite and footsoldiers
“That which is above is like to that which is below, and that which is below is like to that which is above.”
— Hermes Trismegistus, The Emerald Tablet
As a bemused observer of the New Age movement in the 1990s, the mystics’ phrase “As above, so below” became familiar. It originates with the Emerald Tablet. (Wikipedia has an entry suitable for further explanation.) The phrase comes to mind this morning in the context of the madness of the Donald Trump elite (above) as well as that of MAGA footsoldiers (below).
Here is Chasten Buttigieg, spouse to former Biden Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, commenting on Trump Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s (above) Sunday appearance on “Meet the Press”:
Take it from the billionaire! All you need to do to get ahead is sell your home or break your lease, quit your job, move your kids’ school, hire movers (across the country? come on, that’s only a few thousand dollars!), find a new job, find a new place to live (put first and last month plus security deposit down), and leave your family, friends, and community behind. It’s that easy!
My god, these people are so un-serious.
Nicholas Kristoff scoffs, “You know the best way to bring your life expectancy down? Move from a blue state to a red state. Red states have a life expectancy 2.2 years shorter than blue states.”
Now for the below. A video posted Sunday and shot in a Delray Beach, Florida parking garage. Marissa explains how an older white woman blocked her exit and called ICE to come arrest her and her passenger:
This is the new America! I’m an American Citizen born and raised here. This women tried to open my car door and asked me what country I was from, and to go back home. I guess I’m not white enough for this country anymore!
Maybe I’ll go back to bed.
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