The Encyclopedia Britannica defines Faustian Bargain as “a pact whereby a person trades something of supreme moral or spiritual importance, such as knowledge, power or riches.” Morality doesn’t matter. Character doesn’t matter. Values don’t matter. Calling immigrants vermin and women pigs doesn’t matter. Taking away healthcare from millions doesn’t matter. Cutting USAID which prevented 92 million deaths in 133 countries doesn’t matter. Only power matters.
Remember Trump and his photo op at Lafayette Square where he held a Bible upside down? That was a true image of his plan to turn faith and democracy upside down.
What is true is false. What is false is true. What is good is bad. What is bad is good. Shooting someone on 5th Ave. is a good thing. Cruelty and hate are good. Empathy is bad. Eliminating black and brown people and establishing a new white Christian, theocratic, autocratic, kleptocratic country where freedom is only a memory is good.
We are Trump’s Faustian Bargain.
Rachel Rulmyr
Oro Valley
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