Hero or Zero

Hero or Zero

Of late on YouTube, they have put Marvel and Star Wars films to the song “Holding out for a Hero”.  I guess many people like the strong hero image.  Part of the authoritarian play book is to present the strongman as a hero.  However, most authoritarian men are Zero’s.  They like to present themselves as super men.   However, in the books about them like the ones by Ruth Ben-Ghiat.  They are not hero’s like in entertainment shows and comic books.  This blog post concerns Hero or zero toads.

 As we count down to the election

Old duck face VonShizenpants, attempts to look like a hero with his meme images of a strong man appearing.  With the facts coming out about him.  He looks like a real zero.  New books researching his past demonstrate all the things he faked in his rise.  He faked his actual wealth.  He faked he was a builder, he faked he could run big businesses.   When the producers of “the Apprentice” went to his office the furniture was old and run down and the place smelled bad from not being cleaned. Thus we are now hearing more about his true self.

Here are the facts, per social class theory.  He is a lower middle class person who presents himself as a upper class person.  He thinks his gold plated apartment and golf courses show he is upper class.  The fact is they are pretty tacky places and poorly decorated.  They show what a lower class person thinks makes them look upper class.  I suggest Paul Fussell book “Class: A Guide Through the American Status System” as a guide. 

Most of his “projects” were financed by banks that did not do very good research on him.  He lost a great deal of money on most of his projects.  Yes, his father did well way before him.  But, the spendthrift blew it and had bankruptcies with his businesses after he took over the business.

Ruth called what it is

He is just a con man presenting himself as a winner.  Con men are fakes.  Most so called Strongmen, create an image.  They are very insecure people actually, look over their shoulder.  They get rid of those who threaten them.

Now others are doing their research.

Per one book by Michael Wolff  “Trump, in these pages, is self-obsessed, delusional and administratively incompetent. He has no interest in or understanding of the workings of government. Thus  he doesn’t read or listen to briefings. He spends vast amounts of time watching conservative television networks and chatting on the phone with cronies. The pandemic puts him at a special disadvantage; many of the people around him are either sick or afraid to come to work because that would entail complying with a regime of Covid noncompliance that Trump demands. If anybody tells him something he doesn’t want to hear, he marginalizes or fires that person and finds somebody else to listen to, who may or may not hold an official position.  He lives in a self-curated information environment that bears only a glancing relationship to reality.”

Not exactly a good description of a leader we need going into this rest of this century!  Note Per Ruth quote “they get rid of those who threaten them”!

Well this book just came out

“Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father’s Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success”.  This book by two researchers  Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig.  They are Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporters who spent years examining Trump’s finances and businesses. They trace how he squandered his father’s fortune in a new book.  The details are all there.  I down loaded the book to my Kindle app and started reading it.  From what I have read this and “At War with ourselves” by H.R. McMaster paints a poor view of Mr duck face’s mental abilities.  Perhaps he once was a charming person – now he is show signs of dementia and cognitive failure.

Last night I read this well researched and insightful book on the Trump family and their years of manipulating the FHA and building their wealth via taking advantage of the FHA loans and using political connections to horn into other peoples businesses.  You can say fraud runs in their family.

Well as far as the election goes this is the September surprise.  Additionally, I expect the movie “The Apprentice” coming in October will ice the poop on Mr Poopy pants as his the October surprise.

Post dedication

As a summary, I dedicate this post to the real hero’s who fought in the war to create the United states and defend it since 1776.  Also to Bonnie Tyler, Jim Steinman and Dean Pitchford who gave us some great music.  Lastly to Paul Fussell  who can see what other chose not to see in our class system.  Per Paul Fussell book on Class, I am a member of the X class. 

Holding Out For A Hero by Jim Steinman and Dean Pitchford Sung by Bonnie Tyler

Where have all the good men gone

And where are all the gods?

Where’s the streetwise Hercules to fight the rising odds?

Isn’t there a white knight upon a fiery steed?

Late at night I toss and I turn And I dream of what I need

You to can be a hero!

Vote against the GOP this fall get rid of Mr Poopy pants and clods like Andrew Clyde, Marjorie Taylor Green, Ted Cruz and all other GOP goons up for reelection.  They all have blood on their hands! Vote for a bright future!!! Please! Note – COVID is still with us because the bloody GOP lack of positive evidence based medicine.