A Confluence of Evils

We've all known people who seem to hate government at all levels -- local, state and federal. The government they hate the most is the one that most recently made them angry. 

Of course, the majority of the government-haters probably aren't all that dangerous (I hope!). Unfortunately, some of them are stockpiling weapons of war and getting more dangerous every day. Some are loners. Some are members of bad boys groups. 

And, we've all encountered people who crave power. Some of them are merely tyrants who operate within their own sphere of influence. They simply take pleasure from bending people to their will. Others must have political power, Rather than hate government they covet access to the levers of power governments possess.

In their travels in the past those two antiestablishment factions weren't usually answering to the same boss. However, for the time being, it appears they are and MAGA cult leader Donald Trump is directing this confluence of evils. 

No one knows how long Trump can keep those two different camps harnessed and cooperating under the Republican banner. Meanwhile, we already know some foot soldiers in those two camps are crazy as hell and they're "standing by," awaiting the signal from Boss Trump. 

However, given election trends over the last five years, Trump's lieutenants must have deduced that winning a majority of the votes in most fair elections in the future is going to be out of reach. Nonetheless, using money, propaganda and the threat of force to create fear, they mean to seize control of those aforementioned governmental levers of power. ASAP. 

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Words and art by F.T. Rea.