. . . the “opinion strangely prevailing amongst men, that houses, mountains, rivers, and in a world all sensible objects have an existence natural or real, distinct from being perceived” is inconsistent, “a manifest contradiction." If one construes ‘sensible objects’ as ideas of sense, and ideas are objects of knowledge, then having a real existence distinct from being perceived would require that an object be known (as an idea) and unknown (as a thing distinct from being perceived), which is inconsistent. He explains the source of the error on the basis of the doctrine of abstract ideas, a discussion which parallels the discussion in Introduction §10. (Internet Encyclpedia of Philosophy, on George Berkeley)
What is not perceived does not exist. The less something is perceived the less real it is, like kids in cages. Not only is existence contingent on perception, it is contingent on the ultimate mind, God, whose all-encompassing mindfulness determines and accounts for everything that exists. And, God is immaterial and the most existent thing there is, that on which we are modeled, at a high degree of removal. Our existence depends on perception, Trump's does not. We are shadows. Trump is the sun.
We can see that Trump, in this case, deems himself to be, or has mistaken himself for, God. His attention and acceptance is to determine the rights of every being, that is, the scope and limitations of their existence. People may be eliminated at his whim since the exist only at or by his permission, solicitude and pleasure. You can see that Trump's behaviors become immediately intelligible in this context, as does the devotion he inspires, as that on which the existence of everything else depends.
Therefore, when he declares elections to be invalid they are invalid, the "reality" notwithstanding, since it must be the mistaken perception of lesser beings. Houses, mountains and rivers are hallucinations if he declares them to be. He may slaughter people at will, or take actions that lead to their annihilation, because they depend on him for their existence anyway. He is not "worthy of" or in need of attention because he doesn't "need" anything, being complete unto himself, so any idea to the contrary is mistaken. Attention accrues and is due to him naturally because he is the source of all being.
To the extent there is resistence to this it is a denial of reality and, additionally, apostasy and the work of the devil. All hail, Trump! Donald is not only our leader but the second coming of Christ. The only qualification is that, accepting this framework, if Donald is not in fact God he must be the Antichrist.
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