Aung San Suu Kyi


It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.
—Aung San Suu Kyi (Freedom from Fear)

!gb “… but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it”
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John le Carré: CBC interview


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Donald Trump at age 55

Donald Trump calls in to WWOR/UPN 9 News on 9/11

(set to begin playback at the start of the 23 seconds of interest)

here is one take on what has been said and done by this man:

whatever in all being is thought of as Donald Trump is an ever-present consequence of whatever is thought of as not Donald Trump

in short:

if Donald Trump is a problem, the problem is just as much not Donald Trump

so here we are today, with our childish Caligula* now 71 years old:



* h/t John le Carré; see also the post John le Carré: CBC interview

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2025-03-11 … most recent edit / other than in the list of dates

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