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Laura Saylor's avatar

This is spot on- Trump is without question a demented fascist clown. The DC political elite even encouraged him run (Bill Clinton even personally suggested to him that he do so and HRC had her 'pied piper' strategy which backfired) so they turned to their allies in the international organized crime syndicate, the Intelligence Community to implement a domestic coup. Their supporters are horrifyingly ok with believing every word that comes out of the mouths of the likes of Clapper who has lied to Congress and any alphabet soup psychopath who vomits up their 'analysis' on their favorite talking head panel. An alarming number of them still cling to the Russiagate bullshit even now.The global ruling class is obviously currently split as to how they want to manage the existential issue of climate change (I'm no fan of Ed Markey, for example, but when JKIII is running to unseat him in order to preserve his family's fossil fuel investments, it's pretty obvious and that race is but one example), rates of income inequality that rival the gilded age, and US Empire decline, they'll ultimately unite to preserve their class interests while naive liberals continue to support a 'less crass' yet equally dangerous flavor of fascism as some sort of answer. I'm usually a fairly optimistic person, although I've grown less optimistic after every election since I reached adulthood and now that I'm a middle aged grandmother I have little if any political optimism left. The IC has committed horrors Trump can only dream of pulling off although being the giant asshole that he is, he'll certainly try, and none of this bodes well for anyone who isn't a part of the global ruling and political classes. What a time to be alive.

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The Dandy Highwayman's avatar

Oh, YOU are spot on. It's not that Trump ISN'T the kind of douche that they are, (a fascist, a pig, an utter cunt, etc.) it's that he's not part of the global ruling class and threatens to undo, (at the worst,) or erode blind support for, (least of all,) the "it takes a village" of sweatshops and global weapons sales to raise a child.

Seriously, seeing people who I had always respected as being socially liberal, tolerant... and kind drooling on their bits for a coup by illegal means just turns my stomach and removes my faith in *this* society.

It's on the skids, and they're selling everything that isn't nailed down. Parking meters in Detroit... real estate everywhere, selling debt... it all goes to the highest bidder for campaign contributions and kickbacks.

They're selling all that we built as the bus careens over the cliff.

Hmm. I guess it's right, then.

That's comforting in a way.

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