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 would be has been dictator has taken control. I'm sad to be losing democracy to Oligarchy. The new administration is busy forming his cabinet and putting inept Fox news entertainers in various positions. These are people who are completely unqualified and untrained. My guess is the current president doesn't want any one of them to share the spotlight. Only the unqualified and inept, why? Apparently to make himself seem more capable. 

Ultimately the worse is T's created a new department and put a Nazi sympathizer in charge. Is 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 has 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 to greed and power looks like:

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 can reach the desired heights of power and greed with ruthless abandon. Who really cares that the suggested head of Health and Human Services, RFK, condemns all vaccines and potentially puts millions of children in danger? He doesn't. He's been given the scientific facts about vaccines and rejects them for his screwy beliefs. He's resistant to change. 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 his impulsiveness.  It's not rational, but then are power and greed ever rational? Think about Napoleon, Putin and always remember Hitler--- the answer is no.

Interestingly, the people promoted to these cabinet positions will 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 recovery programs.  As for them and 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 is "tax cuts for the rich?"  First of all, there is no problem financially if you are a billionaire. The lie is that this will somehow help all Americans. It's simply a reworking of the trickle down theory that's proven to be a bust.  Secondly, 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. Sincerely Mr. Musk, if you're not addicted to the money, would you be willing to give vast sums of money to these very real and worthy causes instead of launching yet another rocket to Mars? I wonder if he'd ever think like this.

Most people understand that when an crisis happens the government swoops into help its people. There is real suffering and our country is generous to the survivors of the after effects. This  happened in Florida after the Hurricanes and recently 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 T's demands. This is clearly not the American way. We help our neighbors, we are neighborly. No 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.  

As I write this, today is Holocaust Remembrance Day. We know that Hitler was a power and greed addict. He used these addictions to justify murdering millions of people. Perhaps we should be hoping for a recovery program for the addicts that are currently invading our government. 

Please stay connected to activist groups and fight for the good of this country. This is not the time to drop out or wimp out.

susansmagicfeather 2025 Susan R. Grout