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Mike Harkreader's avatar

I would love to pose the question to one of my hero's growing up, Joseph Campbell, explain the myth of Trump. It certainly is not a hero's journey, smacks more of a Lucifer, Beelzebub, Incubus or Iblis to me. Trump may eventually claim he was a victim of Lilith, the female devil that seduced sleeping men. That is if the tapes ever surface.

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ShirleyT's avatar

It wud be so interesting to get Campbell's take on Drumpf!

Here's an interesting article proposing he's most reflective of Dionysus.

This Archetype Explains Donald Trump | Washington Monthly https://share.google/0750gNZw8inxetjV1

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Michael Ann Ochs's avatar

I hope you are right. However, the people behind Trump pulling the strings won't go away. They work in the shadows. Focus on them

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Deb M. (MN)'s avatar

Nice to read a good article before lunch 😁

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Claire's avatar

Biden did the same thing-he put down his head and did the work!!

He even had an immigration bill worked on with Langford-very conservative-got cancelled by little taco 🌮

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Lynn Johnson's avatar

I was thinking that maybe it is a good idea to make Canada part of America. That way we could get rid of Trump and have Mark Carney as our President. A normal, intelligent President that can lead us. Wow what a difference he would make.

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Claire Williams's avatar

I think we would be much better off it was the other way around. Canada accepting the west coast as part of British Columbia. Maybe the upper tier of states too. A girl can dream...

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Lynn Johnson's avatar

Doesn't matter to me which way it would go, just so it was one big Country with Mark Carney as President. Now two girls can dream...

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Denise Androvette's avatar

I was in the Harpswell /Brunswick area of Maine for 9 days. Not once did I see a Canadian provincial license plate. Canadians are staying true to their boycott because of Donald’s dumb economic policies. It is a sadness for regular earth 1 Americans and the local businesses.🙁

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Hope you enjoyed your visit. I’m in Midcoast Maine in a very small town, so I don’t see tourists. But during a recent trip to Scarborough, I saw several out of state cars; none from Canada. No one should be coming into the US as long as this regime exists.

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Digital Canary 💪💪🇨🇦🇺🇦🗽's avatar

Marcus Aurelius and Confucius? You outdo yourself, sir!

“Valour” has a “u” btw. Unless it’s stolen from “u”, perhaps?🤔

“[Trump] now faces criminal trials, a decaying body, and a shrinking base that’s waking up.”

And the very real possibility of being thrown out of a window or given a Novichok surprise, too. Couldn’t happen to a more deserving LOSER. 🤣

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Douglas Mackay's avatar

I sense America is beginning to breathe more fully in light of the medical, economic, and cultural developments of the past week. Trumph is wasting away, his economy is hurting but is not collapsing, and the Epstein debacle is cracking the nuts. Now, give me a Democrat to cheer on.

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Democracycbm's avatar

Feeling more positive after also listening to your podcast with Zev. We need the Dems to have a real plan to be able to take advantage of things with a real message and not sit back and just let things " happen."

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Georgette's avatar

Trump made his choices. Now he’s being handled and other people are running the show. He’s not the one deciding now, he’s just signing the papers without reading them. He wouldn’t understand them anyway. Let him fade into oblivion…..

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Mary Blue's avatar

Another fantastic piece Dean!

Thank you!

Prime Minister Carney and you sir, make me so thankful for living in Canada!

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Diane Battista's avatar

This is Nick Fuentes of all people telling his audience angry saying that history is gonna look back on Maga as being the biggest scam and how the liberals were right!!!

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ex-trump-supporter-rages-fat-212228347.html

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Sue Munda's avatar

This was beautifully written & very hopeful. There are so many worthy people waiting. I just hope we can have elections that aren’t fixed like this last one.

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Mo Khan's avatar

This was an excellent article

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ShirleyT's avatar

That was 'just excellent!' Thank you. I pray 'the fall' doesn't take 10-20 years & that character & virtue triumph. Appreciated the ancient wisdom & history!

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Diana Berg's avatar

https://youtu.be/BTlUyS-T-_4?si=ZgaOrOVPN0ZttGyE

The issue behind all of this is that the oligarchs keep getting richer while everyone else is getting poorer. The poor are giving their money to the rich.

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