For those of you who are into keeping score on how well, or poorly, Trump is at keeping his many promises, you'll want to bookmark this link https://thinkprogress.org/trump-made-a-lot-of-promises-about-what-he-will-do-as-president-weve-documented-663-of-them-3d28f0131e7f#.x7ni4arpr because ThinkProgress had put together a list and a team of journalists who will be keeping track. My intended short introduction turned into a full on essay of sorts, after which I have much more information about the ThinkProgress "Trump Promise Score Card."
* You'll have to forgive me for not giving Trump any benefit of the doubt. He has repeatedly shown that he lives within a narcissistic bubble detached from down to Earth reality. I have yet to see the slightest indication he possesses any scruples or empathy. Trump doesn't read and beyond money and marketing appears to know nothing, no history, no science, no geography, no evolution, nor any philosophy beyond,
"The Golden Rule" ~ The man with the gold makes the rules!
No different from a few thousand tribal warlords and emperors who came before, to dominate, destroy, get destroyed. When I was a kid, we had this idea going around that humanity may finally be able to learn from that repetition of historic lessons. How wrong we were. I think my generation lost our focus. We learned to detach and take it all for granted. For the most part we were all too willing to turn our backs on the lessons of the 70s - namely, that we as a global society needed to power down a bit. Less baby making. Wiser resource consumption with an eye toward sustainable systems. (For instance why couldn't tire manufactures lease their tires, then repurpose returning tires? Same with batteries and other such short duration resource rich items? Simple things like that.) Also, incorporating an appreciation for the profound impacts increasing our planet's atmospheric insulation was sure to have on the biosphere we depend on.
Future, long term survival was dependent on a mature appreciation for this planet Earth and the myriad of biological systems and subsystems along with our global climate engine all interwoven in amazing ways. But, fast cars, fast food, kick ass movies and music and sports and fantasizing about having riches and ever increasing profits became all we needed. At best it was a Faustian Bargain.
