Skip to main content

Donald Trump Just Stopped Being Funny

Matt Tabbi - Rolling Stone
Tabbi probably oversimplifies too much, here.
I can understand. I wouldn't want to give much credit to Trump, either, but that's dangerous.
Trump's campaign is dangerous. I'd even state it's proto-fascist in nature. It's what fascism looks like, before it's institutionalized.
Trump isn't an idiot, though, as Tabbi tries to illustrate. I'd even consider Trump to be especially crafty, when it comes to understanding how to appeal to the Republican base. And it's that appeal that makes his campaign deadly.
Trump has calculated how he can win the Republican primary. And so far, it seems as though he's guessed right. He says what he himself probably wants to hear.
What's worse, is if he wins the Republican primary, he may even have a chance of winning the Presidential election. Especially if the Democrats elect Clinton as their choice for president. Thus far, Trump has run as the anti-Clinton. He's genuine as opposed to triangulation. And in this day and age, after decades of political mind games and entrapment, my guess is is the US voter is sick of it all.
And the Democrats are the prime targets of this wrath.
Consider who the best candidates for the Democrats would be, if the playing field were even for all candidates. Sanders is decent, better than Clinton. But he's got an uphill battle to win, what with all Democratic Party forces arrayed against him. Elizabeth Warren isn't running, whatsoever. Russ Feingold has absolutely no interest. Kucinich was laughed out of DC, despite being highly intelligent and effective during his time in office. And even with all these fine candidates, they're nothing more than sheepdogs, in the end. Flaunted before the Democrat voter to assure them their ideas and values are taken seriously, when, in fact, at the very end of the day, they're ignored.
Perhaps, though, I'm just overthinking. Overly anxious at the thought of a Trump presidency. Perhaps the forces behind both the Democratic and Republican parties will win out once again over these challengers, these interlopers, to their legitimacy, and we will once again have a US government that is beholden to no one but the rich and powerful, once again.
Is that really the best case scenario, now? How sad and pathetic.
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The human 'superpredator' is unique -- and unsustainable, study says

Los Angeles Times I can't imagine the world in ten years time. Twenty years. It'll be different. As different as the world was even in my own childhood. As different as the world was from my parents' childhoods. My elders speak of our role on this Earth as caretakers. However, we've abandoned this role in favor of materialistic pursuits. Of finite beliefs that will quickly degrade into ash when stressed, as heated glass touching cold water. All cultures historically warn us away from over-indulgence, and yet our own modern society celebrates this behavior as exemplary. This self-interest is our fatal flaw. We take what we want, and we give nothing. This cannot last. There are limits on this Earth we cannot comprehend in full. It is simply too vast. However, what little we do know should terrify us into acting more responsibly, even if only marginally. However we do not even do that. Our leaders urge us on to continue on as we have done. This cannot last. Eventuall...
1 comment
Read more

The On-coming Canadian Housing Market Crash

 It seems inevitable now. What was propping up Canadian housing prices even through the worst of housing market crashes elsewhere were banking rules forcing Canadian banks to keep 100% coverage and investors fleeing into Canadian housing when all else was failing. The latter however now is ready to give. Canadian banks will likely be fine due to well-enforced banking rules, but the housing investors are done for. They've driven up prices so high in Vancouver and other Canadian cities that once the homes begin losing value, that'll be that. Value will sink like a stone into water and trillions of dollars will vanish overnight. Three quarters of the economy, at least. And that's probably the conservative estimate. There is exposure everywhere by a great many players of this financial game. All interconnected with a great many of these companies playing at being investment companies the same way Mom and Pop investors play at the game: without clue and context that they're ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Trump Tariffs on Canadian Goods

Trump promises 25% tariff on Mexico and Canada, extra 10% tariff on China  I've written prior on my belief we should return to a tariff system and do away with current trade agreements. I don't agree with a lot pundits out there calling tariffs "regressive" or whatever else. It's an economic system that benefits financial corporations at the expense of national industry and to protect Canadian labor, we never should've into the "Free" Trade agreements we had unilaterally imposed upon us by successive Liberal and Conservative governments. Anyway, the reality of Trump Tariffs is they're coming in. Canada will need to match these tariffs, because Trump is going to unilaterally impose them. Trudeau can't appear weak, so he'll have to match each tariff. And to offset the costs of tariffs, Canada will have to kill the GST/HST, which they're actually already doing, albeit temporarily for other reasons. But GST/HST were imposed upon Canadians...
Post a Comment
Read more