There are no positives in either American or British government

I have mentioned before that the dominant ideology motivating the political elites in both Britain and the United States is Ayn Rand’s Objectivist philosophy. I hesitate to call it a philosophy as it is quite insane, and I mean that, it is not rhetoric. It is classic nihilism but is also deeply psychotic. It is a revolutionary belief system that seeks to destroy rather than conserve a society’s institutions and culture, and it is explicitly undemocratic. That is one of the reasons I never refer to the Tories as Conservatives, as, starting with the Blessed Margaret, the dominant Tories who have hijacked the Conservative Party seek to conserve nothing and destroy everything that identifies the British for who they are. Similarly in America, these same people have taken over the Republican Party and turned it into a wrecking machine that wishes to destroy the American system and remodel it in their own image. I read an interesting article by an American journalist, Lindy West, who told us that

 I don’t know that America has ever seen a political party so divested of care. Since Trump took office, Republicans have proposed legislation to destroy unions, the healthcare system, the education system and the Environmental Protection Agency; to defund the reproductive health charity Planned Parenthood and restrict abortion; to stifle public protest and decimate arts funding; to increase the risk of violence against trans people and roll back anti-discrimination laws; and to funnel more and more wealth from the poorest to the richest. Every executive order and piece of GOP legislation is destructive, aimed at dismantling something else, never creating anything new, never in the service of improving the care of the nation. She then quoted a Republican Representative Tom Rooney who said
“I’ve been in this job eight years and I’m racking my brain to think of one thing our party has done that’s been something positive, that’s been something other than stopping something else from happening. We need to start having victories as a party. And if we can’t, then it’s hard to justify why we should be back here.”

What these two people are responding to is the nihilistic policy agenda that is dictating American politics, and we are experiencing the same phenomenon in the UK. It is predicated on a belief that there is nothing of any real intrinsic value, so it is quite permissible to attack, discredit, and destroy traditional institutions and culture. It's the political manifestation of the doctrines of Ayn Rand. Remember, I told you before, when he was standing as candidate for the Vice-Presidency, the American Catholic Church issued a nationwide article dissociating itself from the policy agenda of Paul Ryan, a prominent Roman Catholic. That is another worrying thing about American politics, the apparent necessity for all politicians to parade their Christian credentials as if this is self-evidently a good and desirable thing. However, the Catholic Church explicitly condemned Ryan's association with Ayn Rand's philosophy and his policy agenda that is based on that philosophy. I understand he is now Speaker of the House, and an avowed opponent of healthcare for the poor. Not surprising as Rand told us that if you cannot afford health care you should just be allowed to die, it is your own fault. This is also the source of the Tories hatred of the British NHS.

As a result of this trend towards destruction and negativity we have been saddled by the most appalling political leadership on both sides of the Atlantic it is possible to imagine. I genuinely do not wish to insult or irritate my American friends, but it is now beyond debate that their president is quite insane. He is a classic psychopath who is quite indifferent to the effects of his language and policies and is quite incapable of admitting to a mistake or being wrong on anything. But in classic psychotic style, he seeks to destroy anyone who challenges him or seeks to oppose whatever he wants to do. I ask my American friends, have you ever known any politician who has been the subject of such ridicule and scorn? and he has only been in the job for less than three months. He is a quite ferocious bully. What is truly demonstrable is that he knows nothing about politics, either conceptual or practical, and does not seem to even wish to know. In his ignorance of politics and how politics operates, he lashes out at people who he perceives as enemies. That is a hallmark of the psychopath and political ignoramus; they never see an opponent, only an enemy, as in their minds opposition is not a recognisable or legitimate concept. However, what is becoming clearer is that he is now posing a threat to the Republican agenda and is likely to be removed from office before he can cause irreparable damage to their electoral fortunes.

In this country we are not so fortunate to be able to get rid of a demonstrably stupid incompetent. Theresa May is not psychotic, she is simply thick, a quite stupid woman. But like Trump she is a bully who must get her own way. It will become glaringly obvious just how incompetent May is as the serious negotiations into Britain’s exit from the European Union get under way. I trust you accept that my definition of May as a stupid person is neither personal nor sarcastic, it is an observation. May is another example of a nihilistic approach as she now threatens to achieve what both Hitler and the IRA singularly failed to achieve, the destruction of the United Kingdom and the separation from the UK of both Scotland and Northern Ireland. Thus, the real enemies of both the American and British peoples are their own representatives, the Republicans and the Tories. I apologise for the length of this post as I am actually just getting started, but hope that this is enough to give you pause for thought whether you agree with it or hate it. However, you have been warned and I remain

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Doktor Kommirat