Small Town Therapist on a Puzzling Addiction

Here we go round and round again

 
What has happened to our country, home of the brave and the free? For one thing, 93 million people chose not to vote and a wanna be dictator has taken control. I'm sad to be losing democracy to Oligarchy. The new administration formed his cabinet by putting inept Fox news entertainers in various important positions. These people are completely unqualified and untrained and have proven to be inept in all ways. Truly the current president doesn't want any one of them to share the spotlight. Only the unqualified and inept are hired, why? Apparently he believes these unqualified people will make him seem more capable. His track record on being capable--- in business, truth, and charity is abysmal. This should be a deal breaker for all thinking people.

Ultimately the worse was T's the created a new department DOGE and put a Nazi sympathizer in charge. Was it even legal? Why on earth was this a good idea? Truly it's not, but it makes sense if you know the root cause.

we're between a rock and a hard place

Although almost no one made the connection, to my knowledge, we are now faced with supporting a terrible addiction in our current government. It's my opinion that Trump, Musk, Hegseth and the like are addicts to power and greed. 

Read the list of what addiction looks like and I contend this applies to greed and power.

1. A sense of entitlement  2. Lack of empathy  3. Impulsivity 4. Mood swings 5. Depression   6. Ruthlessness  7. Manipulation   8. Resistance  to change  9. Scapegoating  10. Obsession to power and money.

Surely you see a common thread here. Are any of these men and women newly advanced into positions of power being honest about their capabilities? Of course not.  Also let's add the obvious---they are afraid of the bully at the top. Do they care about about the people in this country? Of course they don't. They have convinced themselves that even though they have nothing positive to lend to the cabinet position, they feel a sense of entitlement. They are thrilled that they've reach the desired heights of power and greed with ruthless abandon.

Examples abound: Who really cares that the new head of Health and Human Services, RFK, condemns all vaccines and puts millions of children in danger? He doesn't neither do the Republicans. RFK was given the scientific facts about vaccines and rejects them for his screwy beliefs. He's resistant to change. It could be the worm in his brain...

From previous experience you know darn well if things start going poorly in anyone of these position of power our president will scapegoat the cabinet member. It's never, ever his fault. His entire cabinet is based on revenge and his impulsiveness.  It's not rational, but then are power and greed ever rational? No. Think about Napoleon, Putin and always remember Hitler--- the answer is no.

Interestingly, the people promoted to these cabinet positions claim they are appalled by addiction. This is not true. They simply don't want to help the addicts in our country get well. Many could get well by funding good recovery programs.  As for them and with their addiction to power and greed? They would never recognize their behavior as a sign of addiction. 

One of the platitudes used endlessly by many Republicans is "don't just throw money at a problem." Yet what was exactly what they've done. What does "tax cuts for the rich" do to help out our country? They chose to throw money at the wealthiest people in the country, the 1%. They have no need for more money, the only problem financially for the country is they by no means pay their fair share of taxes. If you are a billionaire you are the taker and you are the addict, you are unwilling to love your neighbor and live like a good person. The lie that was perpetuated was that the tax cut will somehow help all Americans, a bald faced lie. It was simply a reworking of the "trickle down theory" that's proven to be a bust.  In fact the only group that the current administration won't throw money at are the people who desperately need the money. Make sense of this for me, please.

In fact, and check my figures if you doubt this, the problems with homelessness, child poverty, climate change, could be eliminated if we threw money at these real problems.  Mr. Musk, if you're not addicted to money, would you be willing to give vast sums of money to these very real and worthy causes? Instead his dream is launching yet another rocket to Mars. He has nothing but contempt for ordinary people. 

Most people understand that when any crisis happens the government swoops into help its people. There is real suffering and our country and normally our country is generous to the survivors of the after effects. This  happened in Florida after the Hurricanes and in the south after the enormous floods. The Biden administration allowed FEMA to rush in and help our suffering citizens.  But the current administration decided to not give aid to people in California after the horrific fires--- unless they meet his specious demands. This is clearly not the American way. We help our neighbors, we are neighborly. Not so with our fearful leader. He's famous for his lack of empathy. He wants all to kiss his ring when in fact he needs a kick in the keister.  

We know that Napoleon, Netanyahu, Kim Jong Un, Robert Mugabe, Omar al-Bashir, Putin, King Abdullah and of course Hitler are/were power and greed addicts. Does Trump really want his name added to these reprehensible men? These men used their positions (and also their addictions to power and greed) to justify imprisoning and murdering millions of people. 

Am I foolish to be hoping be hoping for a recovery program for the addicts that are currently invading and running our government into the ground? It's a lovely fantasy of mine.

Please start, and then stay connected to activist groups and fight for the good of this country. Join in the protests, it's the least we can do. Let's get good Democrats elected. This is not the time to drop out or wimp out.

susansmagicfeather 2025 Susan R. Grout