Day Out Against Trump – London
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Trump is not an anomaly or an aberration. And if a case is to be made why we should be on the streets on the 13 July this insightful article gives the reasonshttp://www.ipsnews.net/2018/06/trump-stay-change-world/
Quote:Trump has not lost one of his battles. He has changed the political discourse worldwide, established new standards of ethics in politics, a new meaning of democracy, and his electoral basis has not been shrinking at all. His critics are the media (which a large majority of Americans dislike), the elite (which is hated) and professionals (who are considered to be profiting at the expense of the lower section of the middle class).There is now a strong divide with the rural world, the de-industrialised parts of the United States, miners with their mine closed, etc. In addition, white Americans feel increasingly threatened by immigrants, minorities, corporations and industries which have been using the government to their advantage. At every election their number shrinks by two percent. Let us not forget that Trump was elected by the vote of the majority of white woman, in a country which is the bedrock of feminism.Trump, therefore, has an easy and captive electorate, made up of strong believers. Unprecedented inequalities have become normal and accepted. The populists in power, like Viktor Orban in Hungary or Matteo Salvini in Italy (as well those not in power, like Le Pen) all consider Trump and Vladimir Putin as their points of references. Such alliances are new, and they will become very dangerous. He has removed from his cabinet all the representatives of finance and industry he had put in on his arrival (in order to be accepted by the establishment) and replaced them with right-wing hawks.Aside from his narcissism, what moves Trump are not values but money. Trump is not unpredictable. All that he has done, he announced during his electoral campaign. Trump believes he is accountable to no one. He exceeded 3,000 untrue or misleading statements in his first 466 days – on average, 6.5 untruths a day. Nobody cares. Very few are able to judge. When a president of United States announces that he is abandoning the treaty with Iran, because they are the main financier of ISIS and Al Qaida, the lack of public reaction is a good measure of the total ignorance of most Americans. This ignorance helps Trump win Republican voters, no matter what.He does not tolerate any criticism or dissent, as his staff well knows. The result is that he is surrounded by yes men and women.Considering all he has done in less than two years against the existing order leads us to consider that the real danger is that he will be re-elected, and leave office only in 2024. By then, the changes in ethics and style will have become really irreversible. Democracy, can be a perfect tool for the legitimacy of a dictator. This is what is happening in the various Russias, Turkeys, Hungarys or Polands. A strongman wins the elections, then starts to make changes to the constitution in order to have more power. The next step is to place cronies in institutional positions, reduce the independence of the judiciary, control the media, and so on. That is then followed by acting in name of the majority, against minorities. This is not new in history. Hitler and Mussolini were at first elected, and today many “men of providence” are lining up.An anarcist's perspective. Chomskey thinks Trump is a distraction and I tend to agree. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQvig0KvUaE For UK see Boris and his idiots
Pat, another interview with Chomsky on Trumphttps://www.alternet.org/noam-chomsky-fascism-showmanship-and-democrats-hypocrisy-trump-era
Quote:"Like it or not, Trump is doing quite well. He has the support of 83 percent of Republicans, which is without precedent apart from rare moments. Whatever their feelings may be, Republicans dare not cross him openly. His general support in the low 40s is not far from the norm, about the same as Obama’s going into his first midterm. He is lavishing gifts on the business world and the wealthy, the authentic constituency of the Republicans (with the Democrat leadership not far behind). He has thrown enough crumbs to keep the Evangelicals happy and has struck the right chords for racist/white supremacy elements. And he has, so far, managed to convince coal miners and steel workers that he is one of them. In fact, his support among union members has increased to 51 percent.patreilly wrote:An anarcist's perspective. Chomskey thinks Trump is a distraction and I tend to agree. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQvig0KvUaE For UK see Boris and his idiotsThe US ruling class has already obtained what they wanted to obtain. They received a Christmas bonus, and they are reversing everything
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