What if the Furies came for America? What does the karma of an entire nation look like in anthropomorphic form?

If Trump is ushering us toward some sort of critical defining moment, perhaps even an apocalypse as so many seem to believe, it’s worth remembering that the definition of an apocalypse is a revealing of previously hidden truths. If we look at President Trump through a symbolic lens, what previously hidden truths are being revealed about America? What does his particular character tell us about our collective character?

Trump, in his crude way, is forcing us to confront the false stories we have told ourselves about who we are.

W. Aaron Vandiver, Trump and the Furies of Empire (Front Porch Republic)

This hit me harder, again and again, than anything I’ve read in a long while on the political state of the world. It’s chock-full of quotable stuff, but the quote above could be an epigraph.

I began saying almost a decade ago that “Trump v. Clinton has God’s judgment written all over it.” I wasn’t wrong, but if you prefer “furies” or “Karma incarnate,” well you do you. If you think these days are our nadir, remember that Trump is more the eventuality than the cause of our flaws.