So, the Old Testament was tribal but it made the king subject to the law. It established the supremacy of the law, which came from God. The New Testament extended it to all of humanity, initiating Christianity as a religion that was about behaviors, adherence to laws and standards and not belonging or tribal membership, universally and among all of humanity.
Universality was a natural and needed development and evolution, implied by the character of the law as natural law. Republicans reverted to tribalism, asserting that behaviors didn't matter, that laws were illegitimate constraints on human freedom, and fuck you. Now they're demanding and asserting universal tribalism, as perverse and self-contradictory as it sounds.
Not content with being tribal assholes, they want worldwide tribalist assholedom, decency must be eradicated everywhere, being an insult to their worldview. No law, no standards, life is shit.
Into this steps Donald Trump who is recognized as the King of the Losers and someone with the magical touch. Everything he touches turns to shit, a gilt turd still being a turd. Democrats think an awakening is possible on the right. It really isn't, as a matter of principle. They want everything to be shit. They will have to be swimming in shit for a change of heart to occur.
Maybe not even then, by which time it is too late anyway. This is the new compact with God being proposed. We'll see what God has to say, assuming God exists. Meanwhile it's life in the sty.
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