Self-Negation

Everything about the modern Republican hegemony is self-negating. At its core is cynicism about humanity and civilization and a belief in barbarism. It's grounded in fear and a need for unnecessary risk and an unconscious death wish, the hidden nihilism of the country-clubs and evangelical churches. 

We are a playground of Europeans turned loose on a continent of unexploited natural resources without adult supervision. In Trump these children have chosen the parent of their dreams, someone to reassure them that they never have to grow up and that someone else will always pay the bills.