Although mired in controversies and divisiveness, Trump’s election and his presidency have been an unpleasant but necessary, wakeup call not only for America but for the entire world that the America leads.
America epitomizes the material efficiency and sets standards in every imaginable field of mundane activity. Post-Cold war, America has become the only “role-model” nation for the rest of the world and its ways have influenced throughout the globe, in many walks of life.
While phenomenally exciting American (20th) century was unfolding, an age-old disease, called “mind corruption”, was growing silently, in keeping up the rhythm with the material success.
This disease has been growing rapidly over the last century; however, since the end of cold-war, it has spread unrestrained to an epidemic proportion not just in Americans but in the entire “globalized” world population.
The key symptoms of this disease in the advanced stage:
- General apathy towards meaning and purpose of life
- Valuation based on perception which is subject to change time to time.
- Rampant wastage from over-production while natural resources depleting at an alarming rate
- Sky-rocketing prices on basic necessities (health care, housing, healthy food, clean air & water, etc.) whereas lower prices and even freebies on unhealthy food, unnecessary upgrades, mass-media entertainment items, etc.
- Severe disparity in distribution of wealth (few individuals own major portion of world’s wealth)
- A huge barrier to entry for traditional forms of small businesses due to over-sophistication and large corporations
- A massive level of borrowing from future productivity for supporting current expenditure, both at personal and at the macro level.
- Advanced level of automation and massive productivity while an increased level of stress-related ailments due to lack of peaceful time which should have been gained from the productivity.
- Foreigners gaining jobs at the expense of the locals.
- The alarming rate of increase in incidences of psychiatric, allergies, cancers, autoimmune diseases, extreme weather patterns, etc.
The spread of this mental corruption has no special affinity for any system of government, be it Capitalism, Communism, or a combination or to the political leanings, whether Left, Right, or Center. However, it does have a close correlation with advancements in materialistic progress. In general, regardless of the governance system, the free-market forces that tend to favor materialistic progress exclusively, ignoring subtle realms of consciousness and its evolution, in turn, help advance the spread of this disease.
Trump’s presidency is not an accident and is an outcome of the sustained, explosive growth of this disease, fueled by both political parties. Since the end of cold-war, the US presidents from either political party have only shown marginal differences in terms of spread or containment of this disease. The very reason Trump got elected over Hillary Clinton shows that there is a considerable amount of population got affected negatively by the disease because of severe imbalances, as evident in the symptoms listed above. It also indicates that the negative effects resulting from the disease cannot just be ignored or suppressed for too long, in the name of progress, by sugar-coating it.
Trump has a proven track record as a successful marketing genius in the technology-assisted creative media and financial-leverage businesses. If the world were a market place and individual nations were competing businesses, no doubt, Trump would “make America great again” according to the measures the modern world operates, which made him a great success.
A close observation of Trump’s actions will reveal that even though his quirky behavior is unique, to an extent, and entirely unexpected as a leader of the free-world, his temperament and characteristics (Believing in whatever he does is right, Coercing loyalties, “Win-Win” with partners/supporters & “Win-Lose” with the rest, Prevaricate speech, etc.) can be found, in varying degrees, in many individuals throughout the global society. There are political leaders in other parts of the world, unrelated to Trump, exhibited similar behaviors (See a comparison with the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M. Karunanidhi).
Trump exhibits an extreme Power-predominance in his mental Balance profile (more about this in the book, “Understanding Creation’s Design: Theory of Consciousness Evolution” by the same author) which is made up of three aspects of mind (Thought, Power, and Feeling). This imbalance is an outgrowth of the society which operates using the measures for success that are largely confined to the physical plane with observable, measurable, and verifiable factors, influenced mainly by Darwin’s theory of natural evolution. He has reached the peak of that evolution, as laid out per Darwin’s survival of the fittest and competitive selection, by using the tools and technology that the modern world offers to the best of his advantage in achieving the success based on that kind of metrics.
Despite dismal approval ratings, it will be nigh impossible to criminalize Trump’s behavior as long as a significant section of the voting population (25 – 40%) continues to support him and does not see anything wrong in his actions. Bestowed by the US Constitution, the office of the president carries enormous power and privileges and Trump will be able to use them to his advantage, as he has been exhibiting since assuming the office. While the future is unpredictable, his position of power and ambitious temperament will likely allow him to continue to be the president, unfettered by any legal means, unless something new that erodes his support base considerably.
In a way, by dividing the line starkly between his supporters and haters, President Trump has vacated on-the-fence, indifferent, vacillating crowd towards either pole. This division forces people to act or who otherwise would have continued ignoring this hidden epidemic, which has the implosive potential even to derail civilizations.
Trump’s presidency is a defining moment for the globe and will be a turning point for better or worse, depending on if we learn from it and put strictures to avoid a similar recurrence or try to apply symptomatic patches without addressing the root cause issues which is no guarantee for avoiding next term for Trump or another person Trump-like or even worse from taking up the highest office.
Historically, the Balance Profile of a well-liked leader is progressively oriented which requires proper balance in all three mind aspects or would surround him/her with those that have complementary balance profile, so the net effect that leadership is positive. But this expectation in leader’s Balance Profile is not something that is enforceable by any mechanical rules or process without violating basic voting rights in the democratic system, as we know it today.
In the well-structured, democratic political systems, like in the US, a person lacking the balance typically would not be able to climb up the ladder especially to the highest office in the past. However, with the technology driven mass-media and social-networks, it is quite possible for a wealthy person without the balance, as in Trump’s case, would be able to beat the system on its own turf.
Although not easy or quick, I am confident that Americans will find a solution to this societal, systemic conundrum which has been growing as an undercurrent with material progress. America has shown the resiliency to regenerate itself from several natural disasters, wars (Civil war, World-Wars, Cold-war), Great Depression, etc. and I hope, it will take this grave challenge head on and evolve a model for the rest of the world to follow.
---“Phd” Siva (Dhurvas L. Sivakumar) is neither a lover nor hater of President Trump but is a concerned citizen who researches on finding a solution for this challenging epidemic. He works as a computer system solutions architect, is a regular meditator, and consciousness analyst. Also, is the author of the book, available worldwide via Amazon, titled, “Understanding Creation’s Design: Theory of Consciousness Evolution” that offers additional insights and possible solutions to this problem.
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