Okay, I didn't understand that you were expressing an informed opinion (thought you were just taking a "shot in the dark").
I have too little understanding of alcoholism to evaluate his "performance" in (staged) interviews.
In the three interviews (spaced over eight years) I viewed, he had a sympathetic (not adversarial) interviewer who was essentially allowing him to ramble on - punctuated by occasional plugs for his "new book."
Whether or not this is typical for alcoholics or for playwrights (or alcoholic playwrights) venturing forth into the political arena, I don't know.
After viewing (two days ago) the FIRST interview (recorded in 2014, with Peter Robinson for the "Hoover Institute"), I was sorely tempted to go right out and immediately order his (then) new book, "The Secret Knowledge: On the Dismantling of American Culture." The man seemed prescient!
Now, after hearing him two more times, being interviewed years later, "spouting" the same old stuff, I'm not so sure it would be worth the investment in time and money. I have the feeling that he is capable of blowing his entire wad in a single interview.
This story here about his buying a post-and-beam house on a third-rate dirt road sounds picturesque and interesting - as a story. His experience with WW II-era Germans might sound interesting to Millennials, but I have lived in Germany for four decades, and have infinitely more such stories from my personal history.
Regards,
It is, I believe, a metaphor for the United States. He sees our country in an apparent state of advanced disrepair, but notes the sturdy "foundation and farm" -- our Constitution and history of creative achievement and economic strength.
Your multiple posts about this guy instead of what he wrote sound triggered. You even compared your "stories" to his, as if his long history as an acclaimed writer is no great shakes. Why does he bother you so much?