Cupidity on Valentine's Day
Cupidity is repeating the same stupid, political behaviour over and over again in the hope of achieving a more desirable outcome. I am fascinated by the Political Theatre that is playing out in America at the moment. I can only marvel why politicians would continue pursuing Donald Trump for impeachment on such shaky grounds. The case was less than solid, their assertions were weak and their evidence was pathetically contrived. It all proved so easy to debunk, yet they persisted. I think ideology and hatred blind people to their own failures. When people are convinced of their virtuosity and puritanical intent, their hypocrisy can be utterly astounding. You learn more about people from what they say about others, not by what they say about themselves. What’s most interesting to me is what Trump’s enemies DON’T accuse him of. If one considers how much dirt the political class, the press and the intelligentsia can dig up and put on display in order to shame, ridicule or impeach an opponen...