Trump is the Neville Chamberlain of Our Time

- The War Danger Increases with Nihilistic Despotism

By Kai Chen 11/10/24

www.kaichenblog.blogspot.com

In a nihilistic despot's mind, there is nothing worth fighting with our lives in the world, nothing at all, but POWER. Power for power alone. Power for nothingness, power for a momentary, illusory glory of vanity, power to get eye balled in public for an infantile urge to attract attention..., Trump fits this profile perfectly. Nothing but the image of Neville Chamberlain before WWII can mirror today's Trump and his delusional vision for the world better. We are indeed approaching WWIII, because of the ascending Nihilistic Despotism in America and in the world, represented by Putin, Xi, Kim, and our very own Orange Fuehrer in the White House.

Reagan's moral leadership of America during the Cold War contributed mightily for the defeat of the USSR. Good vs. Evil, freedom vs. communist tyranny, human dignity vs. misery/cruelty under dictators were the central themes of the Cold War. We won the Cold War by God's eternal values and grace, indeed. The underlining ethos of this victory is that there are true values in a meaningful life for us to fight for and fight on. There is something worth our sacrifices, even our lives to uphold and maintain for a meaningful peace and existence. We are spiritual beings ultimately, not just a woeful existence of physical appearances with only needs and wants like an insect or animal. Yet in Trump's world, we are nothing but insects and animals. The US is nothing but a "walled in tribe" fighting for limited space and resources in the world in a zero-sum game. Sounds familiar? 1930's Europe and the rise of Hitler - the prominent manifestation of the Nihilistic Despotism at the time will give you a hint.

"Peace through Strength" with Good vs. Evil as the moral theme was the most effective weapon to have defeated the evil communism of USSR - a giant but weak pervert out of Marxist illusions. "We win, they lose", Reagan stated with determination. The light indeed shone through the darkness and we have had decades of peace and prosperity since the Cold War victory because of the Reagan doctrine. We relied on hope, yearning for happiness and the eternal optimism to have achieved such victory. We relied on God's eternal values in his creation of human beings.

"Peace though Deal-Making with the Devil" was the scheme Neville Chamberlain adopted when he went to Munich to meet Hitler. Then he came back to England with a piece of paper declaring that he had achieved the "peace of our time". The result? Evil despotism advanced and freedom and human dignity retreated. Human carnage and immeasurable misery/suffering began. We are facing the same situation today in the world as the history starts to repeat right in front of our eyes. Nihilistic Despotism is ascending today to challenge a world order with moral principles established and lead by American strength. Freedom is retreating in many parts of the world such as Russia and China. Even America today there is an insidious uprising against what America is by God's providential creation - to lead the world with moral values toward hope and freedom. In Trump's world, everything is physical, material, superficial and temporary, nothing substantial, eternal and spiritual. The only thing that matters is power. The only measure is money and interests. Nothing worth fighting with our lives, besides some material gains and living space. Worrying about the needs of our physical cavities becomes our ultimate priorities. Trump intends to warp American political culture into a vulgar, cruel and meaningless soup in which only temporary vanity shines as his towers. We are indeed losing the God's mission bestowed upon us from the very beginning of this great nation.

Trump succeeded in achieving power by "divide and conquer" scheme in America, as all nihilistic despots do. Peace with law and order is their biggest enemy. Chaos through fear, hatred and distrust is their biggest friend. Conflict/war is their main tool to maintain power. Yet laughingly and ironically, Trump wants to achieve some "international peace" by deal-making with evil dictators and despots. Repeatedly Trump mocks our soldiers and veterans for their sacrifices overseas to fight for a better and freer world - He calls them "suckers and losers". By peace through deal-making, Trump implies that America is nothing special and providential, nothing moral at all. We are all here to divide the world by interests and physical gains in a game of winners and losers. When someone told him Putin was a killer, he answered "Aren't we any better and more innocent". We are just like them indeed in his eyes. If not, Trump will make America become just like them. Now we indeed have reached that point by Trump's return to the White House.

Are we just like them? Should we just become like them? If America, in Trump's vision, has become just another Nihilistic Despotic existence in the world, will "the peace of our time" be achieved? If America gives up her moral leadership in the world, will the earth become freer and more prosperous? If there is no such thing as "Goodness", will Evil be ever vanquished? Can one ever be "Great" without being righteous and Good in the first place? Can a bad, morally corrupt person with psychotic criminal intent ever "make America great again"? A moral and spiritual person with common sense should easily answer these questions. What we can do to defeat the ascending, prevalent Nihilistic Despotism is all up to us. May God guide and bless us in this mortal struggle coming soon in our lives.