HEAT STREET
Suzanne de Bussac
This song was inspired by Donald Trump as his ridiculous behaviours and bad manners began seeping into my world uninvited many moons ago. It has just kept getting worse...as the whole world knows. It's an exploration of Read more
This song was inspired by Donald Trump as his ridiculous behaviours and bad manners began seeping into my world uninvited many moons ago. It has just kept getting worse...as the whole world knows. It's an exploration of Nature VS Nurture as I pondered how a human being could ever be allowed to be such a selfish power tripping asshole? Here are some thoughts.
Nature, Nurture, and the Trump Effect: A Personal Reckoning with Covert Corruption, Racism, and Sexism. How Power, Privilege, and a Culture of Silence Collide.
The nature versus nurture debate is about more than genes and family traditions: the way those in power quietly shape the rules for everyone else. It’s not just what’s said aloud; it’s what’s hushed up, winked at, or signed behind closed doors. The Trump era didn’t invent covert corruption, but it certainly gave it a primetime audience.
There’s no chromosome for corruption or bigotry, but there’s a reason these traits are handed down like heirlooms. The machinery of power teaches us what’s acceptable, what’s excusable, what’s best left unspoken. Nature might give us brains capable of empathy, but nurture, corrupted by those at the top, tells us when to stay silent.
Trump’s rise amplified all of this. He didn’t just unleash bigotry in the open; he made covert corruption feel normal. It became routine to watch officials dodge accountability, to see hate groups winked at during press conferences, and to realize that for every crude comment broadcast, there were ten more deals being struck out of sight.
When people in power broadcast hate, they also broadcast permission—to ignore, to excuse, to sweep under the rug. But the real rot sets in quietly, in the normalization of backroom handshakes, secret settlements, and the institutional inertia that keeps the same faces in charge. The Trump era exposed just how deeply this covert corruption runs, turning nurture into a weapon that shields the guilty and silences the hurt.
The Trump effect is a neon sign flashing that fighting racism and sexism means calling out not just what’s shouted in rallies, but what’s whispered in corridors of power. Progress isn’t just about passing laws—it’s about tearing down the curtains, exposing the deals, and refusing to let covert corruption shape our lives. We don’t choose our genes, but we can choose to amplify voices that call out the rot, to pass on lessons that demand transparency, and to build a world where the powerful don’t get to hide.
