The New Gnostics and their Crystal Balls

Republicanism has become a haven for gnostics--insight-based cadres and believers in esotericism, with ties to pseudo-science, divination and ball-gazing. It used to be accepted that you can't argue from conclusions but, what the hell, you evidently can if you have the right attitude. That attitude is "screw you--and we're not afraid to blow everything up if we don't get our way." 

Okay, they win. Their claim on the truth is that they have it and we don't because it's experiential and based on inside information beamed into their heads by Jesus or rogue traders, evidencing their innate superiority and "chosen" status, all of which is irreversible and was irresistible, preordained and inevitable so we should shut up and stay the fuck out of their way, praise God.

Evangelicals have unique, personal relationships with Jesus, having been "born-again" in His grace. The rich are their own justification by divine agency and the Catholics are only following orders. The gun-nutters also believe in authority independently of anything other than the power to exert it. There is no place for reason in this scenario. There's no place for progress and decency. 

There's no place for moderation, evolution, intelligence, flexibility and improvisation--except arbitrarily and to maintain positions of influence, theirs and not ours by dispensation and inalienable right. We can go nowhere from here but there's a new guy in town, an obvious if unavowed apostate, Donald Trump, anointed de facto and known to have in his possession crystal balls.

The New Gnostics are gazing at them now.