A Stephen King analogy

[canetoad]

'The Stand': the classic existential battle of good over evil. Stu Redman versus Randall Flagg. All that is good, decent and honest versus Trump.

Thing is, Trump is not Randall Flagg. He is the Trash Can Man; the insane, scarred, lunatic who unknowingly carts around the means of destruction. Randall Flagg is more mysterious and hidden. He is a composite of Evangelicals, Preppers, the NRA, the Koch brothers, the Federalist Society, the Deplorables, and the rest of them.

Trump is the crazy guy dragging the atomic bomb; he's the distraction from the real dark forces.

[GemDigger]

1. Trash Can Man fits him. Good analogy.

[murielm99]

2. My life for you, Randall Flag...

uh, Vladimir Putin.

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. Bumpity-bumpity-BUMP!

[backscatter712]

4. When Stephen King was asked if he'd write a book on the Trump Presidency...

...he said he did, it's called The Dead Zone.

[PCIntern]

5. Yes exactly...

I would add that the development of the Vegas HQ of Flagg replete with the remaining evildoers, Hell-bent on the destruction of what was left of civilization is absolutely predictive of what would really happen in truth.

On a separate note: I read The Stand when it was first published and was impressed but felt it could have been fleshed out more...there were narrative holes all over the place and several of the characters seemed a bit shallow. Then years late, King published the unabridged version without the cuts the stupid editors and publisher had him make and VOILA!, a masterpiece of modern American Literature.

[canetoad]

6. Yes!

I too read it many years ago and have just started on the unabridged version.

[Amishman]

7. Bad analogy, trashy made good in the end and in a twisted way saved the world

The trash can man bringing the nuke to Vegas is what ended Flagg and his followers. Trump isn't going to accidentally save the world