Responding outrageously to the outrageous

Public Enemy #1 as Supreme Leader? (Part #6)

The current period is one of outrage -- whether as articulated by Donald Trump, by those who oppose him, or by the Occupy Movement. This is an international socio-political movement against social inequality and lack of "real democracy" around the world, with the primary goal being to advance social and economic justice and new forms of democracy. Its preoccupations were remarkably framed by Stéphane Hessel (Time for Outrage! 2010).

It could be said that Donald Trump has succeeded to date through being "outrageous". The Occupy Movement could be accused of "not being outrageous enough" -- as with the massive movement in opposition to the policies he has articulated. Moving the UN, as discussed separately, could be one example of appropriately initiatives in response to those in process of implementation by the USA (Build the Wall -- Move the UN HQ? United Nations principles are not consistent with "America First", 2017).

In the spirit of this argument, outrage needs to be met with outrage of a "higher order" as a means of outmaneuvering the current outrageous initiatives envisaged by the USA. Initiatives might include, for example:

castration of those convicted of rape in the USA (in some sympathy with the concerns of the Million Woman March)
application of sharia law to Muslims convicted of offences for which that law has especially strong provisions
indexing of fines according to income as a means of engaging commensurately with the relative impunity of the wealthy when convicted
requiring that those protesting the treatment of refugees take personal responsibility for housing them
prohibiting those convicted of crimes from taking public office as a means of responding to the indifference in the practice of politics