Why Do So Many People Think Trump Is Good?

A Must-Read from The Atlantic

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This is a highly thought-provoking analysis of the lost Western moral compass published by The Atlantic. One primary reason we are in a deep civilisation crisis is that it has been a very long time since moral criteria were used to judge a political action or statement. Geo-politics commentators take at face value what more or less immoral decision-makers say and do, and seldom condemn them as immoral per se.

It is a conservative analysis - whatever that means - and whether or not you sympathise with that, it addresses a major issue of our time: How did we so completely lose a sense of morality, and why do people - citizens - accept immoral leaders without even thinking in moral terms?

These are questions that are worth contemplating at length - and there is not only this article’s answer based on moral philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre. Let’s discuss what other reasons there are.

The fact is that these - emotive and kakistocratic - leaders also sit on nuclear weapons and other militarist tools, are imbued with hubris and seek confrontation with virtually everybody else who is different from them.

I’ve always said that I fear certain people more than I fear their weapons.

I recommend this thought piece. Spend some time reading and reflecting on Why Do So Many People Think Trump Is Good? The work of the moral philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre helps illuminate some central questions of our time.

Jan Oberg
TFF director

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