Bingo: "What we’re watching is the slow unraveling of the anti-establishment coalition that made Trump possible in the first place." And yes...extremely dangerous point.
What is remarkable is how shocked the trump voters are. There was every opportunity to learn, listen and read about his lack of character and lifetime of corruption. His repulsive, ignorant and cruel mismanagement of the country is no surprise to those who pay attention. It’s called being WOKE #mobsterfromqueens
I wish I could believe that all that trump voters wanted was an economy that worked for everyone and a country that respected all of its residents, but sadly, I think the moral and ethical level of a trump voter ( I suppose sheer determined ignorance played a part in a few) is low and they only wanted what they wanted for themselves and the rest be damned.
As has often been the case when you actually write an opinion piece, I both agree with you and disagree with you, Mike. Probably the best way to say it is that I think you’re half right.
When Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected governor of California, he promised to “blow up boxes“. He didn’t blow up a single box. He was another unqualified person running the state, and he accomplished almost nothing. He got elected because Gray Davis was useless, a bad symptom of precisely what you are decrying: a politician who did nothing. And he was replaced by an actor/politician who also did nothing.
Yes, a portion of Trump voters are deserting him because he is not delivering on anything. But his base still remains committed to him on so many levels. The worst of these are the the uber rich, whose unsatisfied and unsatisfiable hunger to own everything is funding all of this. But right next to them are the evangelIcal Christians. Their cultural dominance has been declining for decades, and they are desperate to stop it From progressing any further. Their goals are power, money, religious Dominion, and in the age of Trump, revenge on every single group, especially gay people and women, that they believe have “dissed” them. No matter what he does or says, they continue to support him overwhelmingly. They don’t give a crap about the political state of this country.
But the political state of this country, as I have written before on these very pages, is also part of the problem. Our constitution has stopped serving us because the people in charge of making it sure that it does serveus have either abandoned their posts, or are actively working to subvert the constitution. Whether it’s gun “rights” or the separation of church and state, it doesn’t matter. The electoral college is an obstacle to democracy. It is also become an obstacle to effective government, because it ensures the power and money are represented, not the people, not government quality .The Senate has become the equivalent of the British House of Lords. The Senate does not represent the people, and doesn’t even really represent the states. The Senate represents power and money. The Supreme Court is at this point openly corrupt, and has long since ceased to represent the constitution. The originalists have claimed that money is speech and corporations are people and that no regulation may be placed on guns, and that religious belief will “Trump” secular and civil law at all times.
You wrote that Trump tapped into the anti-establishment feelings of so many people. That may well be true. But concomitant with that anti-establishment fervor is something I have written about for quite some time, and occasionally on these very pages: contempt and despite. Whether it’s racism, homophobia, misogyny, it doesn’t really matter. I’m guessing that 90% of the antisemitism that is reared its ugly head is coming from zionists— and these people are not Jewish, they are evangelical Christians, who can’t wait to use the Jews and Israel as their means of forcing Jesus to make a comeback. Arm sales to everybody in the Middle East is of course a part of the military industrial complex, but I think it would be a real mistake to ignore how much war in the Middle East plays into these end time fantasies. It may indeed be the end times, but not because Jesus is coming back.
These are also issues that must be addressed, especially the entrenched dysfunctionality of a constitution that no longer can or will serve us.
Bingo: "What we’re watching is the slow unraveling of the anti-establishment coalition that made Trump possible in the first place." And yes...extremely dangerous point.
Sexism, misogyny and racism and big money donors propelled Trump.
What is remarkable is how shocked the trump voters are. There was every opportunity to learn, listen and read about his lack of character and lifetime of corruption. His repulsive, ignorant and cruel mismanagement of the country is no surprise to those who pay attention. It’s called being WOKE #mobsterfromqueens
I wish I could believe that all that trump voters wanted was an economy that worked for everyone and a country that respected all of its residents, but sadly, I think the moral and ethical level of a trump voter ( I suppose sheer determined ignorance played a part in a few) is low and they only wanted what they wanted for themselves and the rest be damned.
As has often been the case when you actually write an opinion piece, I both agree with you and disagree with you, Mike. Probably the best way to say it is that I think you’re half right.
When Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected governor of California, he promised to “blow up boxes“. He didn’t blow up a single box. He was another unqualified person running the state, and he accomplished almost nothing. He got elected because Gray Davis was useless, a bad symptom of precisely what you are decrying: a politician who did nothing. And he was replaced by an actor/politician who also did nothing.
Yes, a portion of Trump voters are deserting him because he is not delivering on anything. But his base still remains committed to him on so many levels. The worst of these are the the uber rich, whose unsatisfied and unsatisfiable hunger to own everything is funding all of this. But right next to them are the evangelIcal Christians. Their cultural dominance has been declining for decades, and they are desperate to stop it From progressing any further. Their goals are power, money, religious Dominion, and in the age of Trump, revenge on every single group, especially gay people and women, that they believe have “dissed” them. No matter what he does or says, they continue to support him overwhelmingly. They don’t give a crap about the political state of this country.
But the political state of this country, as I have written before on these very pages, is also part of the problem. Our constitution has stopped serving us because the people in charge of making it sure that it does serveus have either abandoned their posts, or are actively working to subvert the constitution. Whether it’s gun “rights” or the separation of church and state, it doesn’t matter. The electoral college is an obstacle to democracy. It is also become an obstacle to effective government, because it ensures the power and money are represented, not the people, not government quality .The Senate has become the equivalent of the British House of Lords. The Senate does not represent the people, and doesn’t even really represent the states. The Senate represents power and money. The Supreme Court is at this point openly corrupt, and has long since ceased to represent the constitution. The originalists have claimed that money is speech and corporations are people and that no regulation may be placed on guns, and that religious belief will “Trump” secular and civil law at all times.
You wrote that Trump tapped into the anti-establishment feelings of so many people. That may well be true. But concomitant with that anti-establishment fervor is something I have written about for quite some time, and occasionally on these very pages: contempt and despite. Whether it’s racism, homophobia, misogyny, it doesn’t really matter. I’m guessing that 90% of the antisemitism that is reared its ugly head is coming from zionists— and these people are not Jewish, they are evangelical Christians, who can’t wait to use the Jews and Israel as their means of forcing Jesus to make a comeback. Arm sales to everybody in the Middle East is of course a part of the military industrial complex, but I think it would be a real mistake to ignore how much war in the Middle East plays into these end time fantasies. It may indeed be the end times, but not because Jesus is coming back.
These are also issues that must be addressed, especially the entrenched dysfunctionality of a constitution that no longer can or will serve us.
Anger and frustration does not excuse poor judgement. The guy is a con man and if you couldn't tell before he took over, you will always be the mark!