“Trump is crazy” is a reassuring, simple, and false explanation! Mad people are good people. Scoundrels are not

12 Mar

Leaders like Trump and Netanyahu are not an aberration but the expected expression of a regime where mediation collapses, where the state merges with the leader’s desires, and where obscenity becomes a legitimate political response. Thus, the “madness” of accusing of terrorism anyone who writes or shouts “Long live free Palestine!”, or the Big Brother-style control of social media to maintain an official narrative on “thorny issues” such as the US siege of Venezuela or apartheid and genocide in Palestine. In reality, it is not “madness,” but a perverse mechanism connected to institutions that promote and authorize excesses “above” (leaders) and “below” (violent groups). We tend to accept that illness justifies everything; it’s the progressive medicalization of daily life, including, in this case, the overwhelming presence of scoundrels among the leaders (at the top) and violent organizations (at the bottom). They aren’t sick. They are scoundrels, selected, promoted, and legitimized in their actions.