Trump Fatigue Syndrome

One year down and three(?) to go and we’re already exhausted with this idiot. But what more is there left to say about him? Yes, he’s a vulgar, cynical narcissist who thinks he’s the second coming of sliced bread. Yes, he’s an empty bag of self-help cliches merged with the classic con man’s instinct for the best way to sell snake oil to rubes. But he’s just the brute symbol of a national malaise that has all but destroyed this once hopeful experiment in democracy. The two party system is dead and the electoral college, instead of preventing the mob from electing a demagogue, has become the prime tool for gaming the system. Maybe democracy only works in small settings and simply implodes when stretched too far. After all, the Greek polis was a handful of wealthy educated citizens, the rest being slaves.