Justification & Trump

Justification is showing something to be right or reasonable. Neurologically our brains create our thoughts, which may or may not be accurate. We all do our best to justify what we say or do. Or what we don't say or do, which can be equally wrong. We have to accept that there are always different ways of looking at things. What we ourselves believe may or may not be true.

The trick is to remain open in our thinking & accept that complexity exists & there are often different interpretations of reality. We might be right, but someone else may have a different perception & they may also be right. 

All of that said, it seems to me that we are living in an alternative universe. 

We are living in a world of "post truth", of lies & obfustification, of people in power not answering reasonable questions, of manipulation & indoctrination. We are at the mercy of "bad actors" who crave wealth & power at any cost. People who not only don't mind "collateral damage", but don't even have it on their radar because they are narcissists or worse. 

I doubt that people with these personality types even contemplate the need to justify their actions or what they say. The idea floated by Trump, (such an appropriate & accurate surname for the man), to make a holiday playground for the rich out of the devastation that is Gaza is obscene. It would contravene international law & amount to ethnic cleansing, never mind the absurdity of expecting nearby countries to accommodate all the Palestinians. 

When Gaza is eventually rebuilt it could be much better than it was with modern building techniques. But what happens to Gaza should be in the hands of the Palestinians with help from the international community. Not in the hands of a seemingly unhinged American president who sees everthing through a narrow transactional lens. The opportunity he sees is to make himself even more wealthy & to have yet another exclusive playground for a golf course.

I have no idea how Trumps mind works, or Musks for that matter. But I do wonder how on earth they justify what they say & do. I just do have to hope that at some point they have a Damascene Conversion & realise that they could be agents for so much good in this unstable & unfair world we live in.