Both of the phrases in the title signify times when the world imploded, when all that was known was shredded and new rules came into play. One, Night, describes a true world, a reality which seemed impossible, yet was, it existed and for far too long and actually, the stench of it continues to linger in the world of today, in fact, growing ever stronger once more.
Winter cometh is the go to phrase from Game of Thrones, a series of fantasy novels and TV series yet based on historical wars for control of countries and thrones. Winter cometh is the phrase used to indicate the ending of the world as they know it in Westoros, ending with a bang, with an army of the dead rampaging against those who would save civilization.
In both, the rules of civilization are trampled, people are killed as easily and meaninglessly as one swats a fly or a gnat, and there are always the same groups of people: the underclass; the embattled middle class; the soldiers doing their "duty"; the schemers and planners; the dreamers; and the combatants for the truth, for justice. Arcing over all is the organization of the would be dictator who would stop at nothing, courting disaster for the world, all to consolidate his power.
Hate to say this, but take a look around. Night has begun to descend upon us. Think it impossible that we would intern people in concentration camps? Think again, my friends, for what do we have in the detention sites for migrants and immigrants? What do we have in the night raids on immigrant families, in their being grabbed off the streets, in being arrested in front of their children as they are dropped off to attend school? What do we have in the ruthless separation of men, women and children, fed inadequately, treated abusively and moved around in random night travels? Worry, people, worry.
As far as Winter coming, well, that too is here already. The Winter portends and demands a supposed leader who is not! The leader feels above the law, works intensively and obsessively to increase his power and control over all else and tramples on the rights of all, even taking lives by actions and words. People go hungry. Children fall victim to starvation, cold, lack of education, loss of family, loss of hope, loss of a future.
Well, think we are at a different point now? I do not. Just watch the infighting going on about this ridiculous 'wall'. The Demented One thinks it makes a difference if he calls for concrete or steel. What is the matter with him? Actually, he is not normal, as his brain misfires and miscalculates, even as he works to destroy all that America is and always should be. He, the illiterate one, uses the technique of Animal Farm, of 1984, of Brave New World, and raises himself over all else. He mislabels, such as by calling this a "humanitarian" crisis. No, it is not. He has made it one via his treatment of these immigrants tossing aside the traditional welcome of immigrants to this country, an artificial crisis straight from his plan book.
He is working hard to consolidate his power, winnowing and forcing out all who would oppose him, toiling away, along with his minions who ride his coattails, to take over the 2020 convention of the Republicans and thus insure his nomination again. What about his crimes? What about his tax fraud? What about his despicable lies and lies and lies? Former Presidents point out strongly that they did not endorse a border wall. Yet he claims they told him that!! He claims to follow the Constitution even as he undermines it, destroying the system of checks and balances that govern or are supposed to govern the nation. And most frightening is his plan to usurp power from the nation, to impose his illegal rule over all, via his ginned up national emergency, his own self created disaster in the making. If you do not get frightened chills down your spine at this, then, my friend, you are not understanding history and the actions of tyrants and would be tyrants
There is a test a proposed applicant for citizenship must pass. I highly doubt that this functional illiterate would pass or even accept the principles embodied in the questions asked. I doubt he knows anything at all. But here are a few questions and answers. Hmm...what do you think?
What is the "rule of law"?
Answer: Everyone must follow the law; leaders
must obey the law; the government must obey the law; no one is
above the law.
The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?
Answer: "We the People."
What does the Constitution do?
Answer: Sets up the government; defines the
government; and protects basic rights of Americans.
There are other questions of fact and reality, but these three are key to America, its very being. How do otherwise intelligent people continue to believe in the falsehoods he generates even as they are proven false? How does he expect an economic class of people to support him even as he sees indeed how he "can relate to them", as they make "adjustments", as he says they approve his actions? How can he claim jobs when tariffs are causing factories to shut as their costs for materials go up and as they plan their moves to Canada and Mexico!! Yes, the very same countries he has cut off.
Night and Winter are not coming They are here already and have been for close to three years. G-d help us if we allow this to continue. G-d help us if we do not demand that the people in DC do their jobs and represent the PEOPLE! He should take notice of what previous presidents have done and take the opportunity of TV time to announce his resignation. Now that would be a glimpse of the beginning of summer again, of daylight penetrating the darkness that has begin to shroud the world.
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