It's been 85 years since Nazis packed Madison Square Garden ( source ), in the last public event where it was acceptable to have such views in public. 73 million Americans voted for Trump in the last election, knowing what they know about him three and a half years ago. I have a strong will to live, and when I first heard about the death instinct, I thought it was a bit weird, but as I get older, I see it more and more in the body politic, and in myself. With this governor who killed a dog because it just wasn't working out as a hunting dog ( source ). Some people are in love with the Sophie's Choices in life, where you get to kill something in a "hard decision." It's like Ivanka making his son conquer his fears by going out on his tricycle in the rain during a hurricane. They're afraid that charishing being afraid will become a way of being. I couldn't get through George Will's articulation of his conservative instinct because it absolutely can...