[ExI] GOV _ TRUMP

Dylan Distasio interzone at gmail.com
Tue Feb 28 20:02:36 UTC 2017


Are you arguing that there is not a current flexionic globalist system that
benefits greatly from the status quo putting multinational corporations and
bureaucratic global blocs above the level of a nation state?

The entertainment is the gravy, it has very little to do with why he was
elected.

On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 2:50 PM, Dave Sill <sparge at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 1:43 PM, William Flynn Wallace <
> foozler83 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> He did not get elected because of his views on anything.  He's not a
>> statesman nor a politician.  What he is, is an entertainer.  He got by far
>> the most press last fall, even in the NYT, and given that name recognition
>> is highly important in elections, that may have helped him win.  Clinton
>> had name recognition, of course, but much of it was negative and she was
>> boring.  Can you think of any case in which Hillary has been entertaining?
>>
>> Now people seem to want entertainment from everywhere, even including
>> outside their phones.  And we may be the world's best at providing
>> entertainment. (Granted that much of it is of the hold-your-nose variety).
>>
>> That he doesn't know what he is doing, or at least  doesn't seem to care
>> about tthe consequences of it, does not at all detract from his
>> entertainment value.  Actually, the more outrageous he is, the more
>> entertainment he provides and the more press he gets, and as we all know,
>> negative press rarely hurts anyone. Ask the NYT.
>>
>> Now when that runs out, when people get tired of his act, we'll see if
>> the Repubs will keep him.  He may surprise us yet and be not too bad,
>> though that is not my best reckoning.
>>
>
> Like most thinking Americans, I've been struggling to understand the Trump
> phenomenon. I don't think it's got anything to do with entertainment value:
> I think he's tapped into a large pool of frustrated and angry people by
> echoing their concerns and saying he'll fix them. He's seen as a successful
> businessman, for some reason, and his lack of government experience is
> considered a plus, rather than a hindrance. To date he's produced few
> details of his supposed plans, but his faithful supporters believe in him
> and likely will attribute his inevitable failure to Democrats and
> Washington insiders (fake media, et al) who benefit from the current system.
>
> -Dave
>
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