Someone asked me (Rob) if I thought Donald Trump is a hero in the classic sense as described by Joseph Campbell in The Hero’s Journey. My first thought was that he is closer to the archetype of the villain. But maybe that’s just my bias.
Certainly, in the eyes of his MAGA followers, he is a hero and the best president ever. But what kind of hero?
Like any archetypal system, the hero’s journey can be warped and directed as a power play to enhance the hero’s ego, status, and greed, rather than to pursue what is good for the many. From the perspective of both fictional narrative and real-life scenario, he has manipulated and distorted the powerful symbols of the hero myth to dehumanize and destroy.
Not my hero, not my president.
Their hero is a convicted moron – exactly like his followers. That’s a sad commentary on Anerican society today. I want off this planet.
Same, Dale!