Will the American Dysfunctional Family reality show get renewed on election day?

Updated regularly 7/31/2020.

• Will the viewers renew the American Dysfunctional Family reality show at the #2020election? Or will this be the last season?

Our political system is perfectly designed to get the results that we get. We get what we feed. Toxic divisiveness deepens dysfunctional polarizations and the great divide. Corruption begets corruption. Incompetence amplifies incompetence in our rigged republic and corrupt crony democracy with ineffective constitutional checks and balances. We are sliding down the dystopian spiral toward the amoral abyss of fake patriotism.

Fake patriotism is the tribal force of divisiveness and dysfunctional polarizations of "Us versus them". It is driven by closed-minded, self-righteous fundamentalism where compromises are seen as acts of betrayal. Fake patriotism is neo-terrorism: the uncivil war without regard to truth, virtues, integrity and transparent accountability.

We are tearing ourselves apart with fake patriotism

Politics has become the alt-fact, alt-reality playground for fake patriotism personality disorders (megalomania, narcissism and sociopathy) where paranoid conspiracy theories run amok.

Trump is a marketing genius of the dark side.

Trump cons himself and his own family. He leads the quintessential dysfunctional American family, living in denial of reality and in a make-believe world. In its most toxic and malevolent form, fear and hate are its lifeblood.

Trump is the emotional savant to the limbic and reptilian brains. His manipulations of fear and hate induct his followers into a cult trance of unconditional blind loyalty driven by self-righteous fundamentalism. Divisive fear is their social super glue that binds the groupthink of their cult. They love to hate others more than their love of the whole country.

Trump is the incessant pathological liar and the ring-leader perpetrator of neo-terrorism. He is the grandmaster of dysfunctional political polarizations in the chess game of divide and conquer.

The Federal government remains paralyzed by dysfunctional polarizations. The crowning glory of this political ineptitude is best exemplified by the Trump's gross negligence in handing the Covid crisis.

This covid crisis has also revealed, exacerbated or triggered the intersectionalities of isms: racism, sexism, economism, classism, reverse wealthism (prejudice against the poor) and leftism. (Leftism is fundamentalist, either/or and "us versus them" right-wing thinking that triggers the anti-socialist reflex indiscriminately to anything that is outside of its groupthink.) These isms have created the educational, social, housing, environmental, legal and humanitarian injustices and inequities that have divided the USA.

Given this chronic state of dysfunctional political polarizations, the Divided States of American (DSA) is in disarray. Its global leadership standing is in disregard. America First has failed. Trump is the butt of international jokes and ridicule. Sadly, Trump's DSA is the laughing stock of the world.

Blind unconditional loyalty sustains the self-righteous pride and hubris of this fake patriot facade with the fear and hate of "us versus them". The lawless and disordered Trump is truly in the bully pulpit. His one-trick pony will only make divisiveness much worse. That's all this con man knows, folks, on how to win: fascist impulses.

Some corporations are awakening to changing public opinions about brand trust. But the real heroes will arise from the people and coalitions of Third sector organizations. This is the land of the heroic journeys for true patriotism. True patriotism manifest as inclusive and pluralistic forms of open-minded credos based on putting virtues and values into action for the greater good of all.

Portland mums will not be intimidated by the fed bully boys. Portland dads will use their leaf blowers to deflect the tear gas. The fate of USA is in the hands of the third sector: we, the people.

Evocative questions

Ask these questions in political debates, conversations, town halls and town forums.

How will we:

• Take one-knee-down to deconstruct the deep state of fake patriotism?
• Rise up with true patriotism?
• Stand up and be counted?
• Vote in true patriots and veto out fake patriots?
• Restore our government to represent us, we the people?
• Implement the American Anti-corruption Act?
• Restore the soul of the republic, the heart of democracy and the mind of our constitution?
• Develop servant thought leadership development programs to unite the divide with truth, justice, equity and freedom?
• Create an inclusive, equitable and sustainable future for the greater good of all?

The answers to these questions call out for opening and aligning mindsets to generate the multicultural network power needed to scale up servant leadership development and large-scale personal and systemic transformations.

A unifying force to design an inclusive, equitable and sustainable future for planetary health and the greater good of all humanity and species is the higher purpose vision for imploding the Trump House of Cards and breaking down the walls of Trumpism.

The republican party deserves a much better leader. The Lincoln project, led by disaffected republicans, is working toward this goal by holding accountable those who violate their oaths to the Constitution. 

Regrettably, many problem-focused approaches are ineffective in addressing isms and are even counterproductive by exacerbating isms. To heal the great divide created by isms (including fundamentalism), we need to design systemic, pro-equity and solution-focused laws, policies, structures and practices that bend the arc toward creating the perfect union. This never-ending learning journey educates the laggards of isms with compassion and the tough love of truth and moral accountability.

• How can we reverse the downward dystopian spiral into the amoral abyss of fake patriotism?
• How can we ascend the upward inspirational spiral toward servant leadership and true patriotism?

It takes courage to risk being vulnerable in breaking the professional, organizational, corporate and business taboos about addressing political issues. But being anti-Trump is not enough.

• How can the Lincoln Project move beyond problem-focused approaches of combating fake patriotism to solution-based strategies that promote the virtues of servant leadership and true patriotism?
• What is the heroic credo of true patriotism for the Lincoln project?

American exceptionalism and pride are the greatest barriers to cultivating true patriotism and having the humility to admit mistakes. Trump's mis-handling of the Covid crisis was a colossal failure in federal leadership.

Speak up, speak out, speak truth to power

Truth matters.

Justice matters.

Equity matters.

Freedom matters.

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