Dividends

 I am considering putting a small amount of money into a dividend stock. I am impressed that it is offering a substantial dividend. I like the idea of living off dividends as it allows you to keep intact your starting capital, and offers the potential of that capital growing over time.

I am curious about people, and in the span of the last hour I have watched a speech from Donald Trump and part of a biography of Hitler.

Hitler, an enormous bastard as proven through the trail of history, had some perplexing, if not interesting views. Of course, praising anything Hitler has said or done is extremely contentious and an offense. I don't know much about him, but one of the telling theories that he proposed as a leader was, and I paraphrase, "a single stroke of genius is better than a lifetime's hard work."

Raised in a conservative household, I have some conservative inklings. I am in a position where I can take my time and recover from my health difficulties (to some extent, my condition will never truly be cured), but I find the psychology if Hitler to be interesting. Sometimes I find myself being taken in by Hitler's dark charisma. He was the leader of Germany, a dictator, for a reason. But overall, I am not inclined to power the way he was.

Trump displays, in my opinion, similar characteristics to Hitler. Obviously a different man in a different time, they are both psychologically unfit to hold office. George Soros, an interesting man, one whom I don't know a lot about, said of Trump that he is a "con-man". I view Trump as fascinated by his own success and a champion of other rich people.

Of course, success cannot be defined simply in terms of money. Surmounting health challenges, making the best life for yourself given the circumstances, can all be characterized as success.