Tuesday, 17 January 2017

Trump as Lightning Rod--Not Just for Disaffected Progressives, But For Panicked Insiders

oftwominds - Charles Hugh Smith



The Eastern Establishment fears and loathes Outsiders, and seeks to destroy them, usually via the mainstream media.
Political agnostics who are skeptical about Big Government "solutions," left or right, view the current hullabaloo about the Trump presidency with some detachment. What's remarkable to us is the extremism, not just of those bitter about Clinton's loss, but by insiders who are threatened by the possibility Trump may upset their insider skims and scams.
As an opening observation, I don't recall bitter Nixon supporters issuing death threats to performers at John Kennedy's inauguration in 1961--and the 1960 election was extremely close.
I also don't recall bitter Gore supporters issuing death threats to performers at G.W. Bush's inauguration in 2001--even though the 2000 election came down to a few hundred votes in Florida.
Trump is a lightning rod for a spectrum of people and organizations. Let's see if we can separate the spectrum into socio-political groups.

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