Trump is Inspiring a Cult of Personality Election

Republicans are running for Senate to support Trump and his ideas.

They are not running to further their own goal, or to further their own ideology, or their party's platform, they are running to support a leader.

Joe Arpaio, an Arizona sheriff pardoned of his conviction for criminal contempt of court after he refused to stop race-based policing by President Trump, is running for Senate in Arizona.

He stated a reason for his run as to, "support the agenda and policies of President Donald Trump".

 Even when candidates are running with policy ideas, they are giving credit and those policy ideas to Trump.

Danny Tarkanian is running in the primary elections for Senate in Nevada. He said of his run, "I am a conservative Republican who supports the policies of President Trump to repeal Obamacare and end illegal immigration. I will continue to support President Trump's policies that have led to a 20 percent increase in the stock market in just six months."

Essentially, the veracity of ideas are validated because they come from the leader. This is voting to support a leader, not citizens, or ideas. It is nothing less than cult of personality elections.

I am wondering how people did not see the current events in Egypt coming. Yes, they overthrew a dictator but in its place they gained a military government. No one could see it as a victory for democracy or freedom; just a change to a new kind of non-democracy.

Now, the soldiers who helped the citizens overthrow the government are resisting the new protests and even though there are promises of change, there is no democracy in sight. This should not be a surprise. Military leadership is incapable of the formation of a democratic state because a military is the antithesis of democracy.

Do you see a democracy coming soon to an Egypt near you any time soon? 

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