Megalomania & Small-Mindedness: How America Lost Its Identity

[DavidDvorkin]

Reporter Holger Stark spent the past four years as DER SPIEGEL's Washington correspondent during a time in which the country changed radically enough to elect Donald Trump as its president. What led this once mighty nation into decline?

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/letter-from-washington-how-america-lost-its-identity-a-1131294.html

[etherealtruth]

1. I read this this morning. It is an excellent article. K&R

[dalton99a]

2. Great article.

[Skittles]

3. once again

no matter how bad things were for you or how much you hated Hillary, WHY would you think a fucked-up RICH ASSHOLE like DONALD FUCKING TRUMP would be *ANY* kind of answer?

[DavidDvorkin]

4. It takes a very special kind of gullibility

Which afflicts a depressing number of our fellow citizens.

[Skittles]

5. it's just ridiculous

the man is mentally unfit, unqualified, a freaking PERVERT fer chrissakes - WTF IS WRONG WITH THEM

[raccoon]

6. Great article, especially this:

When Trump began speaking, a demonstrator stood up and yelled that Trump was a racist. The candidate paused, shook his fist and demanded that security throw the protester out. "Keep his coat. Confiscate his coat," Trump said from the stage. It was 21 degrees Fahrenheit (-6 degrees Celsius) outside. Trump snarled as his fans jumped to their feet hooting and jeering. One was reminded of a lynch mob.

This is the individual that many Americans voted for.

Sadistic.

[DavidDvorkin]

7. They love that side of him

They feel it gives them permission to be utter barbarians.

[raccoon]

8. That is so childish and sadistic and reminds me of Nazi Germany

and sadly, I believe you're right.