tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581401473844438605.post6239510562511843676..comments2024-03-26T19:46:33.565-07:00Comments on Random Walks: Trump is the Tao of a failed stateJohn Kurmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04607323621206823686noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581401473844438605.post-17542578022058752812016-11-21T20:20:14.831-08:002016-11-21T20:20:14.831-08:00Deluded optimism. I'm sorry, but you and yours...Deluded optimism. I'm sorry, but you and yours won't survive the gigadeath cull. Too affluent. Too soft. Pity.John Kurmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04607323621206823686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581401473844438605.post-23110896951669236172016-11-14T14:06:59.800-08:002016-11-14T14:06:59.800-08:00Oh, and here's your free bonus for playing mus...Oh, and here's your free bonus for playing musical chairs on the deck of the Titanic:<br /><br /><b>kakistocracy</b> <br /> <br />PRONUNCIATION:<br />(kak-i-STOK-ruh-see, kah-ki-) <br />MEANING:<br />noun: Government by the least qualified or worst persons.<br /> <br />ETYMOLOGY:<br />From Greek kakistos (worst), superlative of kakos (bad) + -cracy (rule). Ultimately from the Indo-European root kakka-/kaka- (to defecate), which also gave us poppycock, cacophony,cacology , and cacography . Earliest documented use: 1829.<br /> <br />USAGE:<br />“We must weigh our votes carefully. Else we are in danger of turning America’s time-tested democracy into a kakistocracy.”CNuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14152640304402402884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581401473844438605.post-42232747778004632172016-11-14T14:01:16.157-08:002016-11-14T14:01:16.157-08:00the thing that Obama told Trump is: we've alre...<i>the thing that Obama told Trump is: <b>we've already collapsed.</b></i><br /><br />Kurman you mad cap. Obama told Trump no such thing. <br /><br />You're going to be sore if you continue carrying on in this fetal rictus..., <br /><br />While there must be - <i><b>and will be</b></i> - megadeath.<br /><br />The way forward is not so hard and not so distant as to be out of reach. <br /><br />Take heart - <i>as I do</i> - from the little known and mostly ignored signposts of the mesopelagic zone and the zone of alienation. <br /><br />Novelty, challenge, and adventure are what makes human experience worthwhile.<br /><br />Before too terribly long - novelty, challenge, adventure, and merit will <i>thankfully</i> be reinstated as normal aspects of human experience. <br /><br /> CNuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14152640304402402884noreply@blogger.com