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Thursday, 6 April 2017
quote [ Look, Trump may screw up. Trump may get impeached, Trump is a fool. Trump-ism, is here to stay. This idea of populist nationalism. ]
Good interview, turned it on last night and couldn't turn it off. Whether you like the book or not, his arguments are still apt.
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sanepride said @ 7:49pm GMT on 6th April
I still need to read Nixonland but I was struck by Frank's assessment of Sanders as really a throwback to an older, now cast-off Democratic party and principle. The Democratic turn to the right and Wall Street- especially as exemplified by Bill Clinton and the 'New Democrats', was as much a reaction to the political repudiation of New Deal/Great Society liberalism that the Nixon era ushered in. Of course it wasn't helpful that our last truly progressive president also shepherded our most divisive war, and that Bill Clinton was perhaps the most gifted politician in a generation.
As more the coming apocalypse, just how bad do you think things are likely to get?
Mass starvation? Because based on our history, which has encompassed some pretty extreme events, it's hard o envision anything short of that ushering in a truly seismic change in our system.
sanepride said @ 8:18pm GMT on 6th April
I still need to read Nixonland but I was struck by Frank's assessment of Sanders as really a throwback to an older, now cast-off Democratic party and principle. The Democratic turn to the right and Wall Street- especially as exemplified by Bill Clinton and the 'New Democrats', was as much a reaction to the political repudiation of New Deal/Great Society liberalism that the Nixon era ushered in. Of course it wasn't helpful that our last truly progressive president also shepherded our most divisive war, and that Bill Clinton was perhaps the most gifted politician in a generation.
As for the coming apocalypse, just how bad do you think things are likely to get?
Mass starvation? Because based on our history, which has encompassed some pretty extreme events, it's hard o envision anything short of that ushering in a truly seismic change in our system.
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sanepride said @ 7:49pm GMT on 6th April
I still need to read Nixonland but I was struck by Frank's assessment of Sanders as really a throwback to an older, now cast-off Democratic party and principle. The Democratic turn to the right and Wall Street- especially as exemplified by Bill Clinton and the 'New Democrats', was as much a reaction to the political repudiation of New Deal/Great Society liberalism that the Nixon era ushered in. Of course it wasn't helpful that our last truly progressive president also shepherded our most divisive war, and that Bill Clinton was perhaps the most gifted politician in a generation.
As for the coming apocalypse, just how bad do you think things are likely to get?
Mass starvation? Because based on our history, which has encompassed some pretty extreme events, it's hard o envision anything short of that ushering in a truly seismic change in our system.
