As interested observers of the human species, my little guys have recently pointed out the stunning similarities between the events that created Easter Island and the path the USA is currently on.
Most people are familiar with the statues of giant human heads that dot the landscape on Easter Island (Rāpanui). Full of mystery in their stony silence and ‘how the hell did they get there’ mystique, the statues (moai) actually have a reasonably traceable history and purpose for being. The fact that they were carved and erected by people without modern engineering equipment is still gobsmacking, but this post focusses on the why rather than the how.
I know you are already thinking what this tiny historical
landmark has to do with the USA in 2020, so let me alert you to some parallels that
stand as a warning to others to avoid going down the same path.
The original inhabitants of Rāpanui voyaged there from
earlier Polynesian cultures in the Pacific, in the same way that all the other
island groups in that Ocean were settled. Over time though, that ancestral origin
became a myth and the inhabitants of the island became unaware of anything
beyond the horizon. To them, Rāpanui was the world. Anything beyond was treated
as unreachable. That made them very insular, entirely focussed on the
trials and tribulations of surviving on a tiny island in the South Pacific with
few natural resources. Competition for superiority became rife. They divided
into warring factions and elevated their ancestors to divine status. The moai
were carved and erected to keep their ancestors alive and to give the warring parties
strength. It’s worth pointing out that the moai don’t face out to sea as you
might expect, they all face inland. Inward looking in other words.
The effort the people of Rāpanu expended on war and worship
eventually consumed them, so much so that when voyagers from South America
arrived there, the few locals that were still alive were in a pitiful state.
They were enslaved and taken back to the mainland and the island became a
Chilean outpost with no remaining indigenous culture, other than the ominous silent
presence of the moai.
So based on our knowledge of the Land of the Free, does any
of this sound familiar? Let me point out a few things.
Apart from the cosmopolitan coastal states, most Americans
have little to no knowledge of the outside world. They are indoctrinated from
birth that the USA is number one, and anywhere else is a curiosity at best and
largely irrelevant to their life, apart from the places that are demonised as
an enemy that will infiltrate society given half a chance – eg communism, islam
and other forms of capitalism. Anyone with half a brain can see that this is
not a healthy outlook, and one that can be easily exploited by someone with a
warped vision that can manipulate those fears for their own benefit. Someone
like Trump for instance.
Trump has been and will continue to be a massive divider. As
a textbook narcissist his agenda is Me First and who gives a shit about
anything else. The deaths of 250,000+ of his fellow Americans from Covid-19 doesn’t
register. They can’t give him anything. They are an inconvenience. Most of them
were probably old Democrats anyway. An early example that should have given
people a clue to his state of mind were his comments as he watched the Twin Towers coming down during
the 9/11 attacks in 2001. He is quoted as saying that at least the Trump Tower
had moved up the rankings of tallest buildings in the city now. Like that was
his first thought. Never mind that a couple of thousand people had died in the process.
The fact that he will soon be declared the official loser of
the 2020 election is not going to stop his hunger for power and adoration. This
guy isn’t going anywhere, so put the corks back on the champagne. The ‘Me and
My Peeps vs Them’ culture he has created over the last four years is going to
continue and you can bet he will be back in 2024. His tactics follow the narcissist
playbook. Deny reality, promote yourself as the answer to all things, spread
misinformation about your opponents, resort to bamboozling word salads instead
of coherent arguments, perpetuate lies until they become accepted as the truth.
All of this and more has been the case, and it will get worse once he is free
of the responsibility of office.
Narcissists create a dog-like devotion in their followers.
They are literally capable of anything to support their idol. Tearing apart the
fabric of society and the democratic principles they were raised to uphold? Not
a problem. If the Don says they are corrupt, they need to be torn down. Just
make him President for life already then we won’t need fraudulent elections,
right? When Frank Zappa wrote “It Can’t Happen Here” in "Help, I'm a Rock" in 1966, he was talking
about the spread of 1960’s counter culture. He might as well have been writing
about the Proud Boys in 2020, but for very different reasons. Taken to its
logical extreme you will see domestic terrorist groups emerging forwarding
Trumpism, subverting democratic processes, bullying and intimidating their perceived
enemies (real or imagined) and eventually escalating the tensions into a second
civil war. After that, all that will be left will be fragmented pockets of
civilisation and some fabulous monuments to a bygone era. Like Mount Rushmore, with
or without the Don’s orange face on it.
There are already two America’s existing on the same piece
of ground. How they sort out who has what will destroy them if they don’t wake
up and smell the shit. Religious freaks think Trump is a biblical figure. He
may well be the Great Deceiver. But I reckon he’s even more dangerous than that,
because he’s real.
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