King Donald

In the past few weeks, we’ve gotten to see first-hand what happens when we replace a political party with a cult of personality. Every standard, once etched into stone in our memories and conscience, becomes malleable to fit the behaviors of the leader.

To paraphrase more intellectual commentators, we’ve discovered that one man in our country can literally do anything he wants and will suffer no consequences…as long as he can retain the support of any 34 members of the United States Senate.

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Kim Jong Trump

Article 33 of the Geneva Convention prohibits “collective punishment.”  Simply put, it’s against the rules to punish someone for something they didn’t personally do.  Makes sense at an innate level.

We understand basic fairness from the time we are babies.  We cannot internalize cause and effect when we’re being punished for something that someone else did.

Instead, the cause and effect will shift away from the behavior being punished and toward something that makes more instinctive sense. Continue reading