"Big Short" Author Michael Lewis On Trump And The Trait That Also Epitomizes His Followers

Alan: Unwittingly, Lewis' description of Trump also describes his supporters "to a T." Like Donald, their nearest approximation of a moral compass is "immediate, narrow self-interest" with no thought to The Common Good or The General Welfare.

"The Big Short" Author Michael Lewis Says 

This Is Where You Should Put Your Money

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-big-short-author-michael-lewis-says-this-is-where-you-should-put-your-money-2016-12-07?reflink=MW_GoogleNews&google_editors_picks=true

Excerpt: “Predicting what Donald Trump will do is a bit like predicting what the stock market will do. There’s a huge random component to his behavior,” Lewis said. “I think he’s making it up as he goes along and doesn’t have any particular compass. The closest thing to a compass is: What’s his immediate narrow self-interest. Beyond that, it’s hard to read him.”

The Hard, Central Truth Of Contemporary Conservatism

The hard, central "fact" of contemporary "conservatism" is its insistence on a socio-economic threshold above which people deserve government assistance, and below which people deserve to die. 

The sooner the better. 

Unless conservatives are showing n'er-do-wells The Door of Doom, they just don't "feel right." 

To allay this chthonic anxiety, they resort to Human Sacrifice,  hoping that spilled blood will placate "the angry gods," including the one they've made of themselves. http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/09/harvard-study-45000-americans-die.html 

Having poked their own eyes out, they fail to see that self-generated wrath creates "the gods" who hold them thrall.

Psychological Projection

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/10/projection-psychology.html

Psychological Shadow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_(psychology)

The Evangelical Persecution Complex (Projection's Finest Hour?)
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-evangelical-persecution-complex.html

Almost "to a man," contemporary "conservatives" have apotheosized themselves and now -- sitting on God's usurped throne -- are rabid to pass Final Judgment. 

Self-proclaimed Christians, eager to thrust "the undeserving" through The Gates of Hell, are the very people most likely to cross its threshold. 

Remarkably, although they are prone to believe all manner of Trumpeted nonsense, none of them are tempted to believe in their own spiritual peril. 

The Pharisees Are Always With Us. Here's What They "Look Like" Today

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-pharisees-are-always-with-us-heres.html

Compendium Of Pax Posts Concerning Trump's Habitual Lying

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/02/compendium-of-pax-posts-concerning.html

VIDEO: Trump Tells More Lies Than Any U.S. Politician. Why Do Patriots & Xtians Believe A Liar?

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/01/video-trump-tells-more-lies-than-any-us.html

28 Enormities That Prevent Conscionable People From Hoping Trump Is A Successful President

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/01/28-enormities-that-prevent-conscionable.html

Donald's Doozies: A Yuge (And Yugely Incomplete) Compendium Of Trump's "Pants On Fire" Lies

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/03/donalds-doozies-yuge-and-yugely.html

"Is Truth Dead?" Charlie Rose

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/03/time-magazine-is-truth-dead-can-trump.html

Updated Compendium Of Pax Posts About Donald Trump

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/01/donald-trump-paranoid-style-in-american.html

Millions Of Deplorables Voted For Trump Because He Was The Only Candidate Who Was As Crazy As They Are

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/01/millions-of-deplorables-voted-for-trump.html

We Redacted Everything That's Not A Verifiably True Statement From Trump's Time Magazine Interview About Truth
http://theslot.jezebel.com/we-redacted-everything-thats-not-a-verifiably-true-stat-1793571837

Fact-Checking Trump's TIME Interview On Truths And Falsehoods

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2017/mar/23/fact-checking-trumps-time-interview-truths-and-fal/

Donald Trump: A Man So Obnoxious That Karma May See Him Reincarnated As Himself

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/03/donald-trump-man-so-obnoxious-that.html

Shit-Slinger Trump Says Obama Wiretapped Trump Tower During Campaign. Obama Is "Bad, Sick"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/03/shit-slinger-trump-says-obama.html

The Best Photographic Evidence Of Trump Inaugural Crowd Size: From Stage & From Monument

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/01/the-best-photographic-evidence-of-trump.html

National Park Service Releases Official Photos Of Trump And Obama's Inaugural Crowds

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/03/national-park-service-relieases.html

"There Are Two Ways Of Lying..." Denis De Rougemont And Donald Trump

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/12/donald-trump-and-denise-de-rougemont.html

Behind The Mask, The GOP's True Face: Ayn Rand's Ideological Acolyte Paul Ryan Promotes Her Central Belief That Altruism Is Evil

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/03/ayn-rands-ideological-acolyte-paul-ryan.html

Why Americans Have A Moral Obligation NOT To Respect Donald Trump

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/03/why-americans-have-moral-obligation-not.html

American Conservatives And Aggressive Ignorance

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/08/american-conservatives-and-aggressive.html

Too Ignorant To Keep Democracy Alive

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/03/too-ignorant-to-keep-democracy-alive.html

"Are Republicans Insane?" Best Pax Posts

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/12/are-republicans-insane-best-pax-posts.html

Pax on both houses: Donald Trump: Truth Doesn't Matter

Pax on both houses: Why The Media HAS To Lie About Trump

Pax on both houses: Aquinas, Trump, Truth... And "Alternative Truth"

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