Trump’s Arc Must Play Out
It remains an observable fact that the average American voter—the MAGA voter—is not going to abandon Trump, not even for another attractive candidate.
In August, Carl Benjamin, also known as Sargon of Akkad, posted a persuasive intellectual case for Donald Trump’s candidacy in which he said that “Trump is the protagonist of an important moral story whose narrative arc has yet to resolve. And resolve it must.”
... the people’s reflection and choice must register the definitive judgment whether our republic is going to be determined by the consent of the governed or whether we revert to politics of the dark ages—accident and force. There is only one person who stands in opposition to a ruling class that sneers at our country and the “peasants” who inhabit it. Only one person exhibits the greatness to oppose our self-anointed elites...
The many objections to Trump’s first term are valid—all princes disappoint... There is evidence, however, that Trump has learned from these mistakes (he has said so privately and, in limited ways, publicly)....
While the control of the vote must be wrested from the cabal, Trump offers a path forward. He contends we need not only paper ballots but same-day vote counts without machines and their proprietary operating systems....
The ruling class hates the consent of the governed because it, and it alone, is the only peaceful political weapon to rein in despotic rule.... The aim of MAGA going forward should be not to forget or move beyond past electoral injustices but rather to do something to fix the problem....
It remains an observable fact that the average American voter—the MAGA voter—is not going to abandon Trump, not even for another attractive candidate. The reason for this is because the people sense our moral arch has not concluded—they believe Trump is the best vehicle to bring the great question of whether this republic survives or dies to a close....
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Highly recommended 7 minute video: It Must Be Trump, by Carl Benjamin, 12 August 2022. Carl explains why he believes that the Republican candidate for 2024 must be Trump, in order to complete a mythic narrative cycle: