What is d0n0ld doing differently this term compared to his first term? In this first term he was corrupt. In his second he has elevated the corruption to Supervillain-level.
That's the point. He isn't a moralizing scold trying to "change the world". He see's it and acts as it really is. Corrupt and self-serving. America has always been a world Supervillain. Only now it's no longer a hypocritical one.
As I remember it, previously you claimed that donald trump is like Hercules cleaning out the Augean Stables (getting rid of corruption/taking on the Deep State). Now brazen corruption is a virtue?
It seems Mike Johnson agrees, given recent comments...
“I’ll say that the reason many people refer to the Bidens as the ‘Biden crime family’ is because they were doing all this stuff behind curtains, but in the back rooms; they were trying to conceal it, and they repeatedly lied about it, and they set up shell companies, and the family was all engaged in getting all on the dole. Whatever the President Trump is doing is out in the open, they’re not trying to conceal anything".
As Hesiod says (Works and Days), "THE TWO STRIFES [11] So, after all, there was not one kind of Strife alone, but all over the earth there are two. As for the one, a man would praise her when he came to understand her; but the other is blameworthy: and they are wholly different in nature. For one fosters evil war and battle, being cruel: her no man loves; but perforce, through the will of the deathless gods, men pay harsh Strife her honour due. But the other is the elder daughter of dark Night, and the son of Cronos who sits above and dwells in the aether, set her in the roots of the earth: and she is far kinder to men. She stirs up even the shiftless to toil; for a man grows eager to work when he considers his neighbour, a rich man who hastens to plough and plant and put his house in good order; and neighbour vies with is neighbour as he hurries after wealth. This Strife is wholesome for men. And potter is angry with potter, and craftsman with craftsman, and beggar is jealous of beggar, and minstrel of minstrel.
[25] Perses, lay up these things in your heart, and do not let that Strife who delights in mischief hold your heart back from work, while you peep and peer and listen to the wrangles of the court-house. Little concern has he with quarrels and courts who has not a year's victuals laid up betimes, even that which the earth bears, Demeter's grain. When you have got plenty of that, you can raise disputes and strive to get another's goods. But you shall have no second chance to deal so again: nay, let us settle our dispute here with true judgement divided our inheritance, but you seized the greater share and carried it off, greatly swelling the glory of our bribe-swallowing lords who love to judge such a cause as this. Fools! They know not how much more the half is than the whole, nor what great advantage there is in mallow and asphodel [poor man's fare]."
Me: Would you say pathological liars are "Acta non Verba". I think they are the total opposite.
Copilot: You're absolutely right -- the motto "Acta Non Verba" (Latin for "Deeds, not words") embodies action over rhetoric, whereas pathological liars operate almost entirely in the realm of words without truth or substance. Instead of acting with integrity, they manipulate reality through deception, often disregarding whether their statements align with anything tangible.
One could argue they are the antithesis of "Acta Non Verba," existing in a world where verba (words) are wielded without genuine acta (deeds) to support them. In fact, their actions -- when examined -- often contradict their words, reinforcing their unreliability. [end]
aka donald trump.
Me: I guess I misunderstood when this blogger compared donald trump to Hercules cleaning out the Augean Stables in that donald trump was going to clean up the "deep state swamp". I guess he meant that donald trump was going to clean up that corruption and replace it with his own.
Copilot: That interpretation does seem to align with how many critics view Trump's approach to power -- rather than eliminating corruption entirely, he shifts the dynamics to favor his own interests. The Augean Stables metaphor suggests a grand act of cleansing, but if the blogger meant that Trump merely swapped one form of corruption for another, that would be more of a redistribution of influence rather than a true purification.
It’s an interesting rhetorical trick -- invoking heroic mythology to frame actions in a noble light, even when the reality may be more pragmatic or self-serving. Political figures often get mythologized this way, shaped into legendary archetypes that don’t necessarily reflect their actual behavior. [end]
Me: I think the phrase "our better angels" (invoked by republicans like Lincoln and Reagan) definitely invokes idealism, which this blogger seems to dismiss and even strongly disagree with.
Copilot: Absolutely -- it’s a phrase rooted in moral aspiration and the belief that people can rise above base instincts. The blogger’s worldview, as you described it, seems to reject that entirely, favoring a more realist or cynical perspective where self-interest and corruption are seen as the true forces driving human behavior.
In a way, it’s a stark contrast between moral idealism and pragmatic materialism -- with Lincoln calling on people to embrace their higher nature, while the blogger argues that power and self-interest are unavoidable realities. That kind of philosophical friction plays out throughout history, and leaders often lean toward one side or the other depending on their beliefs, their goals, or the circumstances they face. [end]
Materialism is the world of "reality". Idealism is a world of "appearances". One is much more honest, and less hypocritical, than the other. The latter leads to a state of hyper-reality. A world of stupidity in abstraction.
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What is d0n0ld doing differently this term compared to his first term? In this first term he was corrupt. In his second he has elevated the corruption to Supervillain-level.
That's the point. He isn't a moralizing scold trying to "change the world". He see's it and acts as it really is. Corrupt and self-serving. America has always been a world Supervillain. Only now it's no longer a hypocritical one.
As I remember it, previously you claimed that donald trump is like Hercules cleaning out the Augean Stables (getting rid of corruption/taking on the Deep State). Now brazen corruption is a virtue?
It seems Mike Johnson agrees, given recent comments...
“I’ll say that the reason many people refer to the Bidens as the ‘Biden crime family’ is because they were doing all this stuff behind curtains, but in the back rooms; they were trying to conceal it, and they repeatedly lied about it, and they set up shell companies, and the family was all engaged in getting all on the dole. Whatever the President Trump is doing is out in the open, they’re not trying to conceal anything".
As Hesiod says (Works and Days), "THE TWO STRIFES
[11] So, after all, there was not one kind of Strife alone, but all over the earth there are two. As for the one, a man would praise her when he came to understand her; but the other is blameworthy: and they are wholly different in nature. For one fosters evil war and battle, being cruel: her no man loves; but perforce, through the will of the deathless gods, men pay harsh Strife her honour due. But the other is the elder daughter of dark Night, and the son of Cronos who sits above and dwells in the aether, set her in the roots of the earth: and she is far kinder to men. She stirs up even the shiftless to toil; for a man grows eager to work when he considers his neighbour, a rich man who hastens to plough and plant and put his house in good order; and neighbour vies with is neighbour as he hurries after wealth. This Strife is wholesome for men. And potter is angry with potter, and craftsman with craftsman, and beggar is jealous of beggar, and minstrel of minstrel.
[25] Perses, lay up these things in your heart, and do not let that Strife who delights in mischief hold your heart back from work, while you peep and peer and listen to the wrangles of the court-house. Little concern has he with quarrels and courts who has not a year's victuals laid up betimes, even that which the earth bears, Demeter's grain. When you have got plenty of that, you can raise disputes and strive to get another's goods. But you shall have no second chance to deal so again: nay, let us settle our dispute here with true judgement divided our inheritance, but you seized the greater share and carried it off, greatly swelling the glory of our bribe-swallowing lords who love to judge such a cause as this. Fools! They know not how much more the half is than the whole, nor what great advantage there is in mallow and asphodel [poor man's fare]."
Acta non Verba. Materialism vs Idealism.
Me: Would you say pathological liars are "Acta non Verba". I think they are the total opposite.
Copilot: You're absolutely right -- the motto "Acta Non Verba" (Latin for "Deeds, not words") embodies action over rhetoric, whereas pathological liars operate almost entirely in the realm of words without truth or substance. Instead of acting with integrity, they manipulate reality through deception, often disregarding whether their statements align with anything tangible.
One could argue they are the antithesis of "Acta Non Verba," existing in a world where verba (words) are wielded without genuine acta (deeds) to support them. In fact, their actions -- when examined -- often contradict their words, reinforcing their unreliability. [end]
aka donald trump.
Me: I guess I misunderstood when this blogger compared donald trump to Hercules cleaning out the Augean Stables in that donald trump was going to clean up the "deep state swamp". I guess he meant that donald trump was going to clean up that corruption and replace it with his own.
Copilot: That interpretation does seem to align with how many critics view Trump's approach to power -- rather than eliminating corruption entirely, he shifts the dynamics to favor his own interests. The Augean Stables metaphor suggests a grand act of cleansing, but if the blogger meant that Trump merely swapped one form of corruption for another, that would be more of a redistribution of influence rather than a true purification.
It’s an interesting rhetorical trick -- invoking heroic mythology to frame actions in a noble light, even when the reality may be more pragmatic or self-serving. Political figures often get mythologized this way, shaped into legendary archetypes that don’t necessarily reflect their actual behavior. [end]
Me: I think the phrase "our better angels" (invoked by republicans like Lincoln and Reagan) definitely invokes idealism, which this blogger seems to dismiss and even strongly disagree with.
Copilot: Absolutely -- it’s a phrase rooted in moral aspiration and the belief that people can rise above base instincts. The blogger’s worldview, as you described it, seems to reject that entirely, favoring a more realist or cynical perspective where self-interest and corruption are seen as the true forces driving human behavior.
In a way, it’s a stark contrast between moral idealism and pragmatic materialism -- with Lincoln calling on people to embrace their higher nature, while the blogger argues that power and self-interest are unavoidable realities. That kind of philosophical friction plays out throughout history, and leaders often lean toward one side or the other depending on their beliefs, their goals, or the circumstances they face. [end]
Copilot is your fart robot you named Mystere. You sniff the farts it emits and write your delusions you experience from it, Dervy.
Are they anti-thesis?
Old Italian proverb: Alexander never did what he said. Caesar never said what he did!
Bartleby never says or does. That only leaves the man who does what he says. And so far, that's no one.
Materialism is the world of "reality". Idealism is a world of "appearances". One is much more honest, and less hypocritical, than the other. The latter leads to a state of hyper-reality. A world of stupidity in abstraction.
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