Well said, and the comparison between Thatcher’s funeral and Trump’s inauguration is well chosen. It is good to remind us of her, and how in hindsight she looks even colder and worse then she was even then.
The reflection on how these two leaders in particular derisively attack the social contract shows their conservative ongoing spite toward the ordinary citizen. There are two social contracts—one based on alienable rights and one unalienable rights. They are clearly against the later, which is the basis of democracy, which they despise. They believe that the government should be rule by someone strong who can decide who gets protection, who gets jailed, and who gets to be attacked for being “weak.” Instead of honoring the public good, the “public Welfare,” they spit on it, only honor those “warriors” who “protect and defend” in uniform. Ironically, who are all government workers (yes, all officials in uniform are paid for by the taxpayer so they are socialists).

But Trump is deserving of derision instead of a lack of respect. I say this reflexively in the moment as a reaction, just thinking how instead of giving him critical contempt for his acts against democracy and the constitution, liberal commentators just mock him and his followers, calling them idiots, dumb, belittling them in effect. The conservatives are dangerous, destroys of protecting those in need a helping hand, contemptuous against the beliefs of equality that “DEI” people have (blacks, LBGTQ+, etc.). They won’t stop attacking this “CRT” minorities every chance they get, ceaselessly. Democratic Party politicians are unable to expose them or stop them, and it seems to me looking back that comedians only exert a condescending brand of ridicule that has no effect and is not self-reflective on why that Party can’t win against a “villain” they find cartoonish.

I hope to not pay as much attention this time, especially to the liberal critics and centrist media. Thatcherism, like Reaganism, at least feigned respect for people and system, even if it was just good manners hiding contempt toward the “lower classes.” Trump just has raw hatred toward a system he wants to destroy with no plan on rebuilding anything else than that which serves his ego and his family’s wallet.
Thank you for the excellent reflection, which it appears turned into a provocation for me. Stay well.