The Wannabe Kings continuously repeat that they are the heroes everyone wants and needs - and the sole human beings with the ability to vanquish the villains. Because of the reach and speed of modern media, this simple drama then ripples quickly around the nation and the world. Even media outlets that recognize its bogus nature help spread it, because it’s considered news to be repeated - simply because it comes from a dramatic and compulsively verbal Wannabe King. Over time, each fantasy crisis feels more and more real. Eventually it takes hold, infecting us like a virus.
This is not a new problem, just new to America at this level.
I hope that more people will begin to see the Trump similarities and destructive patterns as predictable and dangerous, not just in the United States but also here in Canada. This is no longer a there-and-then problem, but a here-and-now one.
William Perry
Victoria, BC
