“One of the problems when you become successful is that jealousy and envy inevitably follow. There are people—I categorize them as life’s losers—who get their sense of accomplishment and achievement from trying to stop others. As far as I’m concerned, if they had any real ability they wouldn’t be fighting me, they’d be doing something constructive themselves.”
―Donald Trump, Trump: The Art of the Deal
Anyone who has glanced at the writing or thinking of former U.S. President Donald Trump can safely conclude that the man is a corporate thinker. A corporate thinker is basically a pragmatist, and that is not surprising when we observe that big corporations generally do not act on ideological instincts but rather are geared toward the accumulation of capital.
The same cannot be said of the modern state. The state is religious in nature. In ancient societies, the state and religion were one and the same. Take, for example, the Aztec civilization that practiced regular human sacrifices. It did this not in a secret corner but under the watchful eyes of the monarchy and the priesthood. In ancient civilizations like that of the Aztecs, the priesthood and the monarchy shared a mutual dominance over their subjects. The bond that linked their rule was undoubtedly sacrificial violence.
Another way to differentiate corporatist thinking from religious thinking is to approach the two from the perspective of mimesis. Mimesis is the attraction and repulsion of two subjects based on an object of desire. In a corporate setting, mimetic rivalry is often encouraged but at the same time, it is contained within its own boundaries. This is the reason why Trump and other corporate bosses appoint rivals as subordinate rulers who take charge of the bottom tiers of their respective pyramids.
When Trump became president, he took to the White House this approach of appointing rivals as subordinates. He took a pragmatist and corporatist philosophy and applied it to a religious institution. In doing so, he committed sacrilege of the first order...........What Trump didn’t understand was that he was not dealing with mere corrupt politicians but rather he was dealing with a priesthood dedicated to keeping the sacrificial mechanism running at all costs...............To Read More......
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