I have defined ‘an idiocrat’ as any public official within any jurisdiction who does not understand the rule of law principle and instead seeks to rule by his/her interpretation of those laws, or by fiat, or premised upon personal bias.
The newest President Of The United States (Potus), whom I choose to call ‘Donald Dedak Dumb Trump’, has created massive confusion in the US, especially with states and companies, and with all its friends, allies, and goodwill partners who upheld the laws before.
‘Bogus Potus’ has created so many problems for all honest and true public servants; who choose to serve according to their historic appreciation and understanding of their federal constitution. Moreover, as the German chancellor has said, the US is also disregarding the human rights codes of the United Nations on the handling of refugees.
His so-called ‘executive orders’ seem to reflect his ignorance and complete lack of experience with being in any public office. The closest he came to hold such an office of public trust, I suppose, was within the Trump Foundation. Even there, if I am not wrong, he may have failed rather miserably but I will let the courts decide that case and then the world will know the truth.
As a former public policy person, I consider his executive orders not only childish but also reflect his bigotry and complete lack of knowledge (or, his complete ignorance) about ‘inter-national relations and inter-state-relations’. The most obvious ignorance is about what his role, position, and decorum expected of the Office of the Potus; regardless of who is the holder.
To me, he appears to have still not assumed the Office of Potus. He still genuinely thinks he is still only running a multi-billion or multi-trillion dollar company. Nothing can be further from the truth. The holder of the Office of Potus must be someone who respectfully upholds and models democracy as a virtue and value.
Although he is only one leader of a significant global nation which assumed a key role in the last two world wars, the Potus is still the most powerful democratic voice in the world, with a veto voice in the United Nations Security Council.
Therefore, it may be time now for the rest of the world to say, “Enough is enough”. It may be time to move beyond the two world wars originating in the West; and begin rebuilding a truly newer world order based on truth, sincerity, and mutual regard of each other.
Relying upon merely untruthful logic of social-media ‘twitter-ology’ and their concomitant misinformation or ‘alternative facts’ as the White House calls them, is not the way the rest of the world want to see inter-state relationships to grow.
Simply creating false superheroes or cowboy heroes (vide media modes) is not the way the current rules were written for order in the world and most parameters of the real world has changed; and it is equally easy to deteriorate into a world of new disorder.
I have defined ‘an idiocrat’ as any public official within any jurisdiction who does not understand the rule of law principle and instead seeks to rule by his/her interpretation of those laws, or by fiat, or premised upon personal bias.
The newest President Of The United States (Potus), whom I choose to call ‘Donald Dedak Dumb Trump’, has created massive confusion in the US, especially with states and companies, and with all its friends, allies, and goodwill partners who upheld the laws before.
‘Bogus Potus’ has created so many problems for all honest and true public servants; who choose to serve according to their historic appreciation and understanding of their federal constitution. Moreover, as the German chancellor has said, the US is also disregarding the human rights codes of the United Nations on the handling of refugees.
His so-called ‘executive orders’ seem to reflect his ignorance and complete lack of experience with being in any public office. The closest he came to hold such an office of public trust, I suppose, was within the Trump Foundation. Even there, if I am not wrong, he may have failed rather miserably but I will let the courts decide that case and then the world will know the truth.
As a former public policy person, I consider his executive orders not only childish but also reflect his bigotry and complete lack of knowledge (or, his complete ignorance) about ‘inter-national relations and inter-state-relations’. The most obvious ignorance is about what his role, position, and decorum expected of the Office of the Potus; regardless of who is the holder.
To me, he appears to have still not assumed the Office of Potus. He still genuinely thinks he is still only running a multi-billion or multi-trillion dollar company. Nothing can be further from the truth. The holder of the Office of Potus must be someone who respectfully upholds and models democracy as a virtue and value.
Although he is only one leader of a significant global nation which assumed a key role in the last two world wars, the Potus is still the most powerful democratic voice in the world, with a veto voice in the United Nations Security Council.
Therefore, it may be time now for the rest of the world to say, “Enough is enough”. It may be time to move beyond the two world wars originating in the West; and begin rebuilding a truly newer world order based on truth, sincerity, and mutual regard of each other.
Relying upon merely untruthful logic of social-media ‘twitter-ology’ and their concomitant misinformation or ‘alternative facts’ as the White House calls them, is not the way the rest of the world want to see inter-state relationships to grow.
Simply creating false superheroes or cowboy heroes (vide media modes) is not the way the current rules were written for order in the world and most parameters of the real world has changed; and it is equally easy to deteriorate into a world of new disorder.
‘Draining the swamp’ metaphor
My teacher of true and wholesome values in organisational relationships, the late Professor Jerry B Harvey, once taught a course on ethical, moral, and spiritual issues in organisational life. It was a graduate capstone course for Master’s and PhD students.
Part of the initial condition of that course was that all students will be graded with an A; on the very first day of the course. The rest of the course was then run on real time, with full and honest authenticity by everyone. The goal was to grow and moderate authentic and truthful relationships in an organisational setting; real time.
At every course meeting, once a week, we had to each submit a paper on different social and personal issues related to organisational life and these were discussed and these became the content of new relationships within the course.
We did not have one dull moment in the class, as anyone can guess. It was also one of my best learning courses to learn and experience in real terms; about others and the nature of organisational life.
‘Draining the swamp’ is one clear metaphor we learnt but which has been used regularly by American politicians. The term alludes to the historical draining of swamps or water pools to keep mosquito populations low, especially to combat malaria. Truth reveals all darkness.
President Ronald Reagan was the first to urge ‘draining of the swamp’ in 1983. He may have implied the removing of bureaucracy of the federal government and the convoluted way things were done in Washington DC; often nicknamed as the culture of the Beltway Bandits.
President-elect Donald Trump also promised to ‘drain the swamp’ and remove all corrupt politicians and outside interests from Washington, DC. During his campaign trail, he even made that an issue with a hashtag that has become increasingly popular with his voting base: #DrainTheSwamp.
Rich Lowry, the editor of the National Review, then wrote an opinion piece in Politico Magazine on Dec 1, 2016 with a title: ‘No, Swamp Won’t Be Drained’.
He argued as follows: “A proper anti-swamp agenda should consist of two things. First, and most fundamentally, it should seek to reduce the size of the federal government, and cut regulations and make them as simple as possible. The more government does the more incentive every special interest has to hire swamp creatures, for both protection and advantage.
“And the more complex government is, the more opportunity those creatures have to thrive in niches unknown or poorly understood by everyone except insiders.
“Second, and more specifically, the federal government should be wrenched out of its cosy relationship with large, established businesses and institutions in areas ranging from healthcare to finance to education.”
He concluded that the swamp will not be drained but simply that different alligators will be now fed.
I agree with this writer.
Next week: ‘Bogus Potus’ – Part II
