I take some comfort with the upcoming situation with another tenure with Trump

[no_hypocrisy]

with the English novelist, Charles Dickens. Stay with me . . . .

Think of all the villains illustrated by Dickens: Fagin, Bill Sikes, Uriah Heap, Ralph Nickelby, Thomas Gradgrind, and much more. They were the personification of Evil and the excesses of capitalism. And Dickens never allowed a single one to triumph in the end of the stories, no matter how their maliciousness and callousness appeared to be impenetrable.

Because the protagonists didn't allow adversity to conquer them. They fought back.

We can work together to slow down, if not outright frustrate Trump & Co.'s agenda.

[in2herbs]

1. I like the optimism, but your examples are fictional fantasy and we are living reality. nt

[sop]

2. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,

it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair."

Like the Dickens novel, The Trump Restoration won't end well either. Our only hope: La Guillotine.

[C0RI0LANUS]

4. Good post. Our hell will be painful, but temporary. But why put poor Fagin first on your list?

Bill Sikes accosting helpless Londoners.




Fagin caring for his adoptees.

[no_hypocrisy]

8. Arbitrary listing.

[C0RI0LANUS]

9. 10-4. Thanks for the positive thinking OP.

[NoMoreRepugs]

5. With such a large percentage of the population in lockstep with the SlobFather it may be FAR

more difficult to overcome than most think IMO.

[lame54]

6. More dems asking for his pardon...

Those in the position to fight back are rolling over

[Arthur_Frain]

7. If you enjoy your Dickens

Perhaps you should pick up “Drood” by Dan Simmons. It’s a rippingly creepy good read.