Unnatural Selection

Looking at the leaders Republicans are coughing up, culminating in Trump, someone has to notice that they are selecting for sociopathy. The sociopathy trumps all other traits but the incompetence is also remarkable. It could be that they are not so incompetent but merely pursuing unintelligible ends, as a sociopath would do, like societal disorder and injustice.

All the evidence indicates that only a small minority are in on the plot, an incredibly wealthy cabal interested only in that old bugaboo, world domination. The traditional myths, such as the biblical ones, are so hackneyed and distorted they are no longer useful but newer ones come to mind, such as the James Bond stories. You wonder, who is Doctor No? Odd Job?

Who is Goldfinger, coldly saying to Hillary, our Bondess, I guess, "I expect you to die." She's no Ursula Andress but you work with what you have. The evil goals need to be accomplished by duress and deceit, clearly, or they wouldn't spend billions but simply market themselves as villains. We are told we are voting for freedom and fairness and constitutional aims.

It's obviously the opposite but the marketing is pervasive and cunning. My God, it must be nice not to have a conscience. What a simple world. They kill hundreds of thousands and never look back. They call themselves Christians and actively line their pockets with the lunch money of little kids. They dress nicely and maintain a air of sobriety and superiority.

We're the sober and skeptical ones, forced into it by living among the castoffs and throwaways, the people and ideals that once defined us. By the way, Newt Gingrich gets my vote for Odd Job but if the consensus of opinion is for Karl Rove I will go with that.