He's not smart enough to be "evil incarnate". I see insecurity, rabid weakness, fury, frustration and hatred at an inchoate "them"....the "them" who never let him into their ranks despite his most ambitious scramblings.
He's not smart enough to be "evil incarnate". I see insecurity, rabid weakness, fury, frustration and hatred at an inchoate "them"....the "them" who never let him into their ranks despite his most ambitious scramblings.
like you, I usually tend to think of people I'd describe as "evil incarnate" as being intelligent (as in Satanic...remember that Satan is kinda the hero in "Paradise Lost"). but I've been coming to embrace a much more inclusive definition.
after all, what somebody DOES is always more important than what somebody SAYS.
You have an excellent point, Mr. Levine...but I still can't see Trump being smart enough, strong enough or confident enough to be the architect of all evil, i.e. the Anti-Christ. However, he does do evil acts and causes others to do evil acts, certainly and he enjoys cruelty.....so, I guess in that view, he is evil enclothed in flesh, indeed.
He's not smart enough to be "evil incarnate". I see insecurity, rabid weakness, fury, frustration and hatred at an inchoate "them"....the "them" who never let him into their ranks despite his most ambitious scramblings.
like you, I usually tend to think of people I'd describe as "evil incarnate" as being intelligent (as in Satanic...remember that Satan is kinda the hero in "Paradise Lost"). but I've been coming to embrace a much more inclusive definition.
after all, what somebody DOES is always more important than what somebody SAYS.
You have an excellent point, Mr. Levine...but I still can't see Trump being smart enough, strong enough or confident enough to be the architect of all evil, i.e. the Anti-Christ. However, he does do evil acts and causes others to do evil acts, certainly and he enjoys cruelty.....so, I guess in that view, he is evil enclothed in flesh, indeed.
it sounds like we actually agree just about completely.