Be careful what you wish for…
by John Bossange
If you are thinking about voting for Mr. Trump because you are concerned about the “deep state,” big government overreach, too many regulations, higher taxes, and a loss of your personal freedoms, be careful what you wish for. If Mr. Trump is elected, we will get a different deep state, a bigger and harsher government to support his deep state, more regulations to protect his deep state, and before you realize it, a loss of your personal freedom to question his deep state.
Mr. Trump’s deep state will likely include more privatization of programs like Social Security and Medicare, and we will see his wealthy loyalists appointed to key cabinet positions, agencies, departments, and other major leadership positions, including thousands of vacated civil service jobs. The Heritage Foundation and other ultra-conservative special interest groups have already begun forming their lists of loyalists to fill in their own “deep state.”
Don’t be fooled by Mr. Trump’s campaign rhetoric and his assertions that only he will get things done. As the journalist Timothy Snyder reminds us, “Strongman rule is a fantasy. Essential to it is the idea that a strongman will be your strongman. He won’t.” As Americans, we are wedded to the belief that those we elect will represent us and owe us something in return. As Mr. Snyder writes, “The vote you cast for a strongman affirms your irrelevance. The whole point is that the strongman owes us nothing. We get abused and we get used to it. Once this process begins, it is hard to stop. If you help a strongman come to power, you are eliminating democracy. There will be no electing someone else the next time. You burn that bridge behind you.”
This newer version of Mr. Trump’s “deep state” will certainly differ from what other administrations have done to support their vision of America. Democratic and Republican presidents from the past recruited supportive leaders, and a circle of loyalists, advisors, and consultants. But no president has accused another of creating a deep state to destroy America. However, never in the history of America has there been a candidate who refused to accept defeat and honor the transition of power. Mr. Trump continues to spew hate and lies about fellow Americans, and insults the traditions of our 245 years of democracy by calling that history a deep state. Trump’s deep state loyalists want chaos, retribution, and revenge, not compromise, stability, and unity, the cornerstones of our ever-evolving democracy.
Mr. Trump wants us to focus on him and his grievances, not on America. Only he will build a “beautiful wall” to solve the immigration crisis or create a better health care system. Only he knows more than all the Generals. Only he can fix the economy and clean up our drug and homeless problems. This fantasy will continue to be his platform. Our challenges are truly complex and have not been adequately resolved by any administration, including during the four years when Mr. Trump was president. But a dictator denies that reality and plays with our frustration. We have been witness to that fantasy revenge tour since Mr. Trump was defeated in 2020
In countries run by a dictator, smaller groups of people become much richer while the rest of us get left behind. We’ve seen evidence of this with Mr. Trump’s family as his sons and daughter and their families have been involved in lucrative domestic and foreign business deals, especially in China and Saudi Arabia. Insider millionaire and billionaire donors will also benefit from their association with Mr. Trump. They will be favored by a newer version of a deregulated “big government” making millions of dollars in secretive business deals in the private sector and with foreign leaders from other nations also run by a strongman. Think Dubai, Azerbaijan, Philippines, India, Indonesia, Turkey, China, and Argentina, where the Trump family has already invested millions in lucrative real estate developments.
For the rest of us, we will be told to focus on how big government overreach is destroying America, all the while the strongman, Trump’s family and small circle of wealthy, loyal donors will use the government to line their pockets because he has eliminated regulations that prevent abuse by a few and protect the interests of many.
When a dictator can make the government work for their personal interests, the interests of their family and inside loyalists, suddenly the government is no longer a swamp of regulations, nor is it the enemy. For a dictator, it’s OK for “government” to overreach and eliminate a women’s right to choose, to eviscerate the EPA, FBI, CIA, and major departments like Justice, Interior, Labor and Education, to deport immigrants, to declare America a Christian nation, to create more tax cuts, to grow the deficit, and to tear apart the organizational fabric of our government. For a dictator, that’s acceptable big government overreach.
Saying that cutting tax rates and deregulating the financial industry is good for the average American are two good examples of the blatant lies coming from Mr. Trump, the strongman wannabe. A dictator knows he is lying, knows what he is proposing is fantasy, but always puts his self-interest and those of his family and loyal cult first. That’s life under a dictatorship if we elect Mr. Trump in November.
If that occurs, duped and gullible supporters who bought into the fantasy tour and the world of lies from Mr. Trump will begin to understand what a loss of freedom and choice really means. You will have no room to complain if you do not like the way things are being done, like privatizing your Social Security and Medicare, no voice for change, and the fear of being considered disloyal to the strongman will be with you every day. Quoting Mr. Snyder again, “The strongman fantasy dissolves democracy and real dictatorship remains.”
Just look around the world today at the lives of people who live in countries run by the dictators and strongmen Mr. Trump admires. For any American citizen loyal to our Constitution, to our imperfect but stable democracy that encourages and protects individual freedoms, that’s no way to live. The campaign rhetoric and revenge tour might seem appealing now, but be careful what you wish for.
The author is a retired educator and South Burlington resident.
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Extremism is extremism. It matters not what it call itself, because the end is the same.
Not the same, not exactly. That is the difficulty in choosing.
Another who repeats ad nauseum that we live in a democracy, not a republic. Maybe if his illustrious career in VT schools included a course in civics…. oh never mind.
On one hand, today at least, John Bossange says “Only he (Trump) can fix the economy and clean up our drug and homeless problems. This fantasy will continue to be his platform.”
But somehow Bossange forgets his NIMBY mentality in June of 2022 when he fought against a housing project bringing “needed inventory to a starved market with broad appeal to middle class families” because it was near to where he lived.
“This is not a NIMBY issue. This is a quality of life issue. … People don’t want to see car culture communities out there on Dorset and Spear streets anymore.” — John Bossange
Bossange is yet another hypocrite’s hypocrite
“to eviscerate the EPA, FBI, CIA, and major departments like Justice, Interior, Labor and Education, to deport “illegal” immigrants, to protect religious freedom, to create more tax cuts, to shrink the deficit, and to tear apart the organizational tyranny of the federal government. For a patriot and liberty loving AmerIcan that’s an appropriate and acceptable action. This is why I will be voting for Trump.
And just how do you “create more tax cuts” and “shrink the deficit”.
I am sorry, but this article is pure fiction. Yes, political parties when elected do assign people to roles. This alone doesn’t make people a dictator or authoritarian. Trump for all his faults knew America as a Constitutional Republic and didn’t trap and imprisson his political enemies using the FBI and CIA, nor did he censor free speech or allow his Department of Justice to declare parents as domestic terrorists. He didn’t declare rural Americans as a threat to democracy nor did he support firing Americans who did not want to take an exprimental gene therapy shot. All those destinations belong to the sitting President and his administration. These are the actions of a tyrannical government that sold America out to international entities like the United Nations and its agencies and partners to transform the social, economic and political identity of America.
Awesome! I can see bossange actually channeling hillary clinton- It’s a vast right-wing conspiracy all over again eh?
Sign me up for Promises Made, Promises Kept- less EPA DOJ, NSA, CIA, FBI, HSA and a hundred other agencies of the nomenklatura. While we’re at it, perhaps mr. bossange could publish definitions of socialist, marxist, communist, totalitarian and fascist governments so we can compare the definition to what our Federal and State governments have become. Sure looks like if our current president could walk and talk- he might just fit some the above definitions. If Trump 45 accomplished anything, it’s that the “deep state” exists and the swamp extends nationwide and thru out both major political parties, along with bernie’s crew too.
Too bad vtdigger eliminated comments. bossange fits in just fine with those folk,
cheering on the grifters and corruption
John Bossange, all I can say is you’re surely are full of it……………..
Let’s just look at what we have today, a senile old man, feckless is being kind, this fumbling bumbling fool, who can’t find his way off a stage never mind lead a country, a country that ” his handlers “are destroying, he has made the US the laughingstock of the world, with our open borders and of control spending on nonsense, putting the next generations in debt forever. I’m not even getting into his corruption family !!
Now let’s get to Donald J Trump, is he arrogant yes, crude yes, and rude yes, mostly towards all the snowflakes that have TDS, sounds like this article’s author.
Just ask yourself were you better off under Trump, imperfect as he is, or do you prefer the senile feckless clowns we now have and the destruction he has caused to the country in less than four years……………….. I’ll take crude & rude any day !!
Do you want Trump with good taste? or Trump that tastes good? LOL
Trump Derangement Syndrome is real, and includes fantasies of persecution, and imaginary bogeymen -isms. Who’s putting dissidents in jail, and curtailing free speech, and waging cruel proxy wars that threaten nuclear conflict? Who didn’t do any of that the last time he was President? 🤡
I truly appreciate the VDC supporting free speech no matter how stupid. This article gives us a window into the distrust held by many of our founders elegant creation of a Constitutional Republic, and our Republic’s ability to withstand the storms of the ages.
Ditto! Thank you VDC for publishing Mr. Bossange’s editorial. It’s not often we get a look at the dark side.
And the Lancet and national media outlets did everything possible to amplify the “Derangement” which spewed out and impacted countless people.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/06/trump-derangement-syndrome-at-the-lancet/
Pretty sure John writes these venomous notes on purpose. I can hear RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA in the background as he is writing. Just remember everything they spew is exactly what they are doing.
According to the author the better choice would be Biden. Did the author talk about the Southern border (which every clear thinking person is shocked about). Should we endorse a man who is sadly feeble and cannot work a normal day. Should we endorse a man who has dragged us into several battlefronts (funny how they said Trump would do that) burning through trillions of American taxpayers money with no plan, no accountability and no end in site. It goes on and on and we are in deep doodoo because of people who treat elections like beauty pageants. I could care less about beauty and more about policy. Let’s get this nation back on track in November and send Biden/Harris packing.
We are “between a dock and a hard place.”
Well, it could be a seriously good acting job on the part of the Deep state, true. But, if all the enemies of DJT are pimp’s for the NWO….count me in.
Yeah, he is not perfect, of course there was only one perfect man on this planet, so if we are going to take down statues of men who did bad things, then there will be only one statue allowed by the cancel culture.
I’m not sure everyone is ready for a statue of Jesus across America, though I find the idea having a bit of poetic justice.
Some, reading for the TDS…….
Rules for Radicals
Sun Tzu the Art of War
NLT, Life Application Study Bible
Yuri Bezmanov videos book if you can find it.
Dumbing down of America
The Smear, by Sheryl Atkisson, ( A new york times reporter)
Behind The Green mask by Rosa
Climate The Movie, The Cold Truth
And if you like some reading on the Plandemic
If you only listen to VTDigger, 7 days and VPR…..what you say will play well. However, if you spend time searching for what is really going on and why……you might be surprised.
May your journey be fruitful and peaceful.
How about a movie too. AGENDA – The Grinding Down of America
you need to talk to your federal reserve banker boys/// the one who controls the money supply ,controls all governments/// how well is that currency reset working out for you//// need a little more inflation//// washington is bought and paid for, just like the clowns in the vermont state house//// black mail and bribery are a dirty business// of course you know this is a crime//// now who is going to prove it///
Mr. Bossange, per his resume and news articles, is a connected and heavily involved member of numerous boards and commissions. A retired educator. The problem with op-eds such as this and countless others, they don’t defend the state of the State or the Union. They won’t and don’t comment on the blatant policy failures of their friends and associates. All is well with them, except for Trump, he must be stopped. Why? They have all the power, all the money, and all the media under their control. What they don’t have is the support of the People. Their system is failing. All they have is threats against the People and allow lawlessless to kill and terrorize the People. They are their own worst enemy and the People see clearly what they are – the said “Deep State” – of panic and desperation. Their tactics are not condusive to strong leadership or sound fiscal policy. Their results speak volumes over their scripted rhetoric and endless gaslighting.
TRUMP IS GOING TO BE A DICTATOR!
TRUMP IS GOING TO BE A DICTATOR!
TRUMP IS GOING TO BE A DICTATOR!
1911 – Turkey disarms its citizens. Between 1915 & 1917 1 to 1.5 million Armenians
Murdered.
1929 – Russia disarms its citizens. Between 1929 & 1953 – 20 million Russians murdered.
1935 – China disarms its citizens. Between 1948 & 1952 – 20 million Chinese murdered. However, in China they believe it’s more like 100 million murdered.
1938 – Germany disarms its citizens. Between 1939 & 1945 over 13 million Jews and
other nationalities murdered.
1956 – Cambodia disarms its citizens. Between 1975 & 1977 1 million educated
Cambodians murdered.
1964 – Guatemala disarms its citizens. Between 1964 & 1981 – 100 thousand Mayan
Indians murdered.
1970 – Uganda disarms its citizens. Between 1971 & 1979 over 300 thousand
Christians murdered.
Then Trump will be the only “dictator” in the history of the world who didn’t disarm his country’s citizenry to remain in power.
Adolf Hitler: “The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to allow the subject races to possess arms. History shows that all conquerors who have allowed their subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by so doing. Indeed, I would go so far as to say that the supply of arms to the underdogs is a sine qua non for the overthrow of any sovereignty. So, let’s not have any native militia or native police. German troops alone will bear the sole responsibility for the maintenance of law and order throughout the occupied Russian territories, and a system of military strong points must be evolved to cover the entire occupied country”. (On November 11th, 1938, Wilhelm Frick, passed Regulations Against Jews’ Weapon Possession. This regulation effectively deprived all Jews the right to possess firearms or other weapons.)
Not once does Mr. Bossange mention the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution or the Bill of Rights. He mentions although all of the things not in the Constitution. Social Security and Medicare, EPA, FBI, CIA, Dept. of Justice, Dept. of the Interior, Dept. of Labor and Dept. of Education. Mr. Bossange is a statist and the god he worships is the god of government. This man calls himself an educator. We can see in his writings what he was teaching our children. So, should we wonder why we have in our midst a nation of vipers.
“The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so the second will not become the legitimized version of the first”. – THOMAS JEFFERSON
The frightening aspect of Jefferson’s caution is a recent statement by SCOTUS Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson – that the opinion of those attacking the Biden administration’s censorship on social media is that their “… view has the First Amendment hamstringing the federal government in significant ways in the most important time periods.”
This profoundly misinformed perception of the U.S. Constitution, by a U.S. Supreme Court Justice no less, paradoxically smacks of the few other nefarious SCOTUS decisions in the past, especially the embarrassing 1857 Dred Scott ruling that enslaved people were not citizens of the United States and, therefore, could not expect any protection from the federal government or the courts.
With all due respect Justice Brown Jackson, ‘hamstringing the federal government’ is precisely the reason Jefferson and the other Founders included the First Amendment in the Bill of Rights in the first place.
“Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster… for when you gaze long into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.”
― Friedrich W. Nietzsche
Perhaps the vote for Trump disturbes some, but if you understand the Constitution, and the individual jobs of each branch of our Federal government it shouldn’t. Our problem (majority of citizens) is we don’t know or want to know what the Constitution says. So we get a roage government. Very few try to constrain their government, and let them do what they want (Democrats and Republicans). The most important thing to voting (which most don’t do) is forget personalities, and zero in on what a politician stands for / and against. Is his/ her word their bond, or do they make promises they have no authority of desire to keep. The seat of the President is just that, a seat of authority for the Executive Branch to the USA. Once you dislike someone for their tweets you disregard their talents and skills what he brings to the table. In the case of Trump remember the tweets you know about are mainly the ones the Democratic party wants you to focus on. Many are exerps from the main body of the tweet, highlighted over and over on MSM to mesmerize your mind. Interesting that MSM doesn’t air the other 90%. Only a fool establishes a correct viewpoint from the narrative from MSM who is poised in direct allegiance to a political party. MSM by and large are connected to the Democratic party. You want TRUTH, you need to do your homework. (Example –> current administration says Bidenomics is working. How is it really working for you ? Just because they say it’s working, doesn’t make it true. If your gas at the pump is more, if the food you buy is more, if the heat source for your house is more, if your paycheck isn’t offsetting the increase, it isn’t working for you. If you do your homework with economist, you will discover their forecast says something different that Bidenomics.
Bidenomics is working great if the goal is to destroy the financial sovereignty of the nation. So from Biden’s perspective it is working great, “doing exactly what it should be”, speeding the end of fiat currency to bring in central bank digital currency.
Mr. Bossange is probably not used to getting discussion, facts, recommendations, it’s an entirely different world when there is freedom of speech.
Democracy.
I tell you what… eventually, in the Soviet Satellite nations, people decided to out-commie the commies. We can do that here, too.
GenZ is already poised to be more conservative and are pretty well-versed on how to deal with little proggy dorks.
Don’t forget. Most proggies don’t breed.
We need to work on the imports to this country and turn their ideology around.
It would be a better strategy than wasting time on barren/sterile goofballs.
Let’s work with those who breed. At least they are normal, until the progtards get a hold of their kids. This is more important.
Dear John Bossange,
Trump has been tied up in trials for months now, and meantime the other day his ticker DJT went live and made not only billions for himself, but also lots of money for others, disregarding what their income class is b/c all you need to do is open an account with Scott Trade or whatever and buy the stock.
He doesn’t need to be POTUS to make money for anyone. Okay? He just touches something and it turns to gold. You and your handlers are just jealous. Bonus: He doesn’t drink or do drugs, either, and he grabs the peepee’s of the opposite sex. Maybe that’s what bugs you the most, eh?