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https://www.chicagotribune.com/news...onald-trump-the-demagogue-20151218-story.html

"I was thinking of using the word “demagogue” to describe Donald Trump, but to be sure that it fit I checked its definition in Wikipedia. The opening paragraph, in full but omitting the etymology, is: “A demagogue or rabble-rouser is a political leader in a democracy who appeals to the emotions, fears, prejudices and ignorance of the lower socioeconomic classes in order to gain power and promote political motives. Demagogues usually oppose deliberation and advocate immediate, violent action to address a national crisis; they accuse moderate and thoughtful opponents of weakness. Demagogues have appeared in democracies since ancient Athens. They exploit a fundamental weakness in democracy: because ultimate power is held by the people, nothing stops the people from giving that power to someone who appeals to the lowest common denominator of a large segment of the population.”

Perfect. The only thing that's missing is a picture of a grinning Trump."
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When a black man was roughed up at a Trump rally, Trump suggested "maybe he should have been roughed up".

When someone pointed out to Trump that Putin has Russian members of the press murdered on his orders, Trump replied "it has not been proven" and "Putin is a strong leader."

Oh yeah, Trump is a real class act. Just who we want representing our nation. A hate mongering fascist. We have a fascist running for President, and Americans too ignorant of history not to actually support him.
 
C'mon. Apple Arf, a beautiful metaphor for life?

Sometimes you have to use the higher power centers in your brain to fix the typos in Jazzfanz.
 
Red said:
When a society is undergoing great social/cultural change, anxiety, fear, and anger can very easily develop among a segment of that society. And times like that are ripe for the rise of a demagogue who knows how to stoke the baser instincts of his listeners; who knows how to harness that fear and anger to his advantage. In early 21st century America, Donald Trump is that demagogue. To Americans educated in history, seeing the rise of a demagogue like a Trump in our midst is about as disheartening as it gets.
Yes, Virginia, it can happen here. Tom Jefferson is often paraphrased to have said "an educated electorate is needed for a democracy to survive." Well, look how a demagogue can flat out pull the wool over the eyes of his fellow citizens. Donald Trump represents the nadir of American politics in this era of social and cultural change....

https://www.salon.com/2015/09/24/8_...lls_for_demagogues_like_donald_trump_partner/
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You're needlessly, and fruitlessly, depressed. Things are fine.

In a world where Presidents are mere figureheads of power, who predictably respond to pressures from the right sources, the whole problem of demagoguery is solved. That is the beauty of "Insider" power. And besides, when we have seriously-funded think-tanks staffed by the finest intellectuals money can buy, it doesn't even matter if the President is just stupid.

Obama is the perfect example to illustrate my point. Remember when he said he could just solve problems unilaterally, going right around Congress? How cool is that? "I have a pen, and a phone." An open declaration of Presidential independence. The right people can and do give him phone calls, and tell him what to write with that pen of his, in terms of Presidential orders.

Elections are really pretty unnecessary, and we could just let Obama stay in that office and take those calls. But it won't matter, whoever gets elected next. That phone will still be there.
 
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Red said:
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news...onald-trump-the-demagogue-20151218-story.html

"I was thinking of using the word “demagogue” to describe Donald Trump, but to be sure that it fit I checked its definition in Wikipedia. The opening paragraph, in full but omitting the etymology, is: “A demagogue or rabble-rouser is a political leader in a democracy who appeals to the emotions, fears, prejudices and ignorance of the lower socioeconomic classes in order to gain power and promote political motives. Demagogues usually oppose deliberation and advocate immediate, violent action to address a national crisis; they accuse moderate and thoughtful opponents of weakness. Demagogues have appeared in democracies since ancient Athens. They exploit a fundamental weakness in democracy: because ultimate power is held by the people, nothing stops the people from giving that power to someone who appeals to the lowest common denominator of a large segment of the population.”

Perfect. The only thing that's missing is a picture of a grinning Trump."
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When a black man was roughed up at a Trump rally, Trump suggested "maybe he should have been roughed up".

When someone pointed out to Trump that Putin has Russian members of the press murdered on his orders, Trump replied "it has not been proven" and "Putin is a strong leader."

Oh yeah, Trump is a real class act. Just who we want representing our nation. A hate mongering fascist. We have a fascist running for President, and Americans too ignorant of history not to actually support him.
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Hillary will do the same things Trump would do, or any of the Republicans except Rand Paul, Ben Carson, and maybe even Ted Cruz. That is the beauty of modern fascism under a stable corporate set of interests.

As long as those government checks go out to the people, and those people keep cashing them and heading for the BigBox stores, our economy will be fine.
 
Red said:
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news...onald-trump-the-demagogue-20151218-story.html

"I was thinking of using the word “demagogue” to describe Donald Trump, but to be sure that it fit I checked its definition in Wikipedia. The opening paragraph, in full but omitting the etymology, is: “A demagogue or rabble-rouser is a political leader in a democracy who appeals to the emotions, fears, prejudices and ignorance of the lower socioeconomic classes in order to gain power and promote political motives. Demagogues usually oppose deliberation and advocate immediate, violent action to address a national crisis; they accuse moderate and thoughtful opponents of weakness. Demagogues have appeared in democracies since ancient Athens. They exploit a fundamental weakness in democracy: because ultimate power is held by the people, nothing stops the people from giving that power to someone who appeals to the lowest common denominator of a large segment of the population.”

Perfect. The only thing that's missing is a picture of a grinning Trump."
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When a black man was roughed up at a Trump rally, Trump suggested "maybe he should have been roughed up".

When someone pointed out to Trump that Putin has Russian members of the press murdered on his orders, Trump replied "it has not been proven" and "Putin is a strong leader."

Oh yeah, Trump is a real class act. Just who we want representing our nation. A hate mongering fascist. We have a fascist running for President, and Americans too ignorant of history not to actually support him.
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So a fascist is running for president, a fascist is acting as president now and no one seems to worked up about it. This is what happens when people only get their news from one source, they actually believe there is a difference between Trump and Obama.

Bill was going to fix Sr's mess, Jr was going to fix Bill's mess, Obama was going to end all wars and fix Jr's mess. The deficit has never stopped growing, the wars have never stopped, the middle class have never stopped shrinking, and the poor have never stopped getting dumped on. And Americans still believe voting matters.
 
ONE LOVE said:
Donald Trump: Hillary Clinton 'got schlonged' in 2008


https://edition.cnn.com/2015/12/21/politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-disgusting/index.html


Babe? Care to comment?
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Let's put it this way. Hillary is the blue-haired lady who knows how to work her way around a posh effete little jet-set gathering of the anointed ones.

Obama knows how to survive on the street.

I had hopes Obama would be better at foreign policy, and I do give him credit for averting a stupid war with Iran so far. McCain and Romney would have been manipulated into more militarism. But Obama has spent most of his presidency learning the ropes Hillary already knew.

Seeing how some actual realism applied to political campaigns got Obama the nod was refreshing. I repeat, nobody can be worse than Hillary.
 
mellow said:
So a fascist is running for president, a fascist is acting as president now and no one seems to worked up about it. This is what happens when people only get their news from one source, they actually believe there is a difference between Trump and Obama.

Bill was going to fix Sr's mess, Jr was going to fix Bill's mess, Obama was going to end all wars and fix Jr's mess. The deficit has never stopped growing, the wars have never stopped, the middle class have never stopped shrinking, and the poor have never stopped getting dumped on. And Americans still believe voting matters.
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This is an A grade analysis.
 
I'll take a million Hillary's over one day with Trump as president.
 
franklin said:
on a paper in the school for a troubled youth school writing class?
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The folks who have enough money to care would tell their hired "think tank" spinners to snarl out epithets like "conspiracy theorist", I'm sure.

The reason you're a drunk is just because the world doesn't make sense, really.

Come to my school and put some of your deepest conflicts to paper, and let's see if you can make the grade.

A brain is a terrible thing to pickle. Trust me, there are people who care. Even for you.

But hey, mellow might have put in terms just too harsh for us to live with. It's not all that bad. In fact, all is well. We have an excellent lineup of intellectuals, scholars, professionals of all kinds. We have folks who pay them very well to analyze everything and develop policies. Our leading lights go to the trouble of planning for all the contingencies. "Fascist" is not a word that really does justice to our managerial class or their directors. "Benefactors" is the word they use. Go take a walk down the main hall of any hospital or library in this country. Our leaders are all there, in portraits on the walls, as donors to essential community assets, and they are called "Benefactors".

It's the world we know, and if we just accept it, it can go on the way it is.
 
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