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LongTomH

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16. It's worth following some of the links in this article....

Sat Apr 2, 2016, 02:09 PM

Apr 2016

........especially Is a New Political System Emerging in this Country? and the 1% election.

The first was written in 2015, early in the primary season; the second comes from 2011. Both anticipate Hillary Clinton's campaign and her appeal to the 1% (actually 0.1%).

What I think we are seeing in this election cycle is basically two, possible three, possibilities emerging:

The continuation of a government of the 1%, by the 1% and totally for the 1% (represented by Secretary Clinton, or
The re-emergence of American Democracy and the restoration, and extension of FDR's New Deal (represented by Bernie Sanders), or
A virulent form of 21st Century fascism, (represented by Trump).

I said two, possibly three possibilities because I really don't think the majority of the American people are dumb enough to elect Donald Trump, although this still remains as a possibility.

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"Let me put it another way: this is not an election." [View all] kpete Apr 2016 OP

What I actually think this is.... CompanyFirstSergeant Apr 2016 #1

We may, in all honesty, be heading for.... daleanime Apr 2016 #2

One could call the new model Wellstone ruled Apr 2016 #3

To add to what I said... CompanyFirstSergeant Apr 2016 #4

Could very well go that Wellstone ruled Apr 2016 #8

After reading Margot Kidder's "How Hillary Clinton Bought the jwirr Apr 2016 #34

Margo Kidder's article: JDPriestly Apr 2016 #37

Did the state parties even get their money? I read that none had been released yet. revbones Apr 2016 #51

Read the same Kittycat Apr 2016 #53

Wow. That's stinky. nt SusanCalvin Apr 2016 #59

I don't necessarily want the 1% to go down in flames. SusanCalvin Apr 2016 #19

Not going to give up on the Rank and File. Wellstone ruled Apr 2016 #35

Post removed Post removed Apr 2016 #55

pls don't call for lynchings uhnope Apr 2016 #65

I'm afraid it's going to take a lot more than soap and paper towels to clean up the mess tabasco Apr 2016 #60

Yup. And another zentrum Apr 2016 #43

That's a pretty good analysis. BillZBubb Apr 2016 #52

Excellent observations! Raster Apr 2016 #12

Anyone believing that won't happen, is truly naive...or something. SammyWinstonJack Apr 2016 #56

I wonder if this is possible Silver_Witch Apr 2016 #57

wow, that was sobering NJCher Apr 2016 #5

This is sour grapes of the most-transparent kind. stopbush Apr 2016 #7

Bernie Has Already Won The War Yallow Apr 2016 #25

Dream on. stopbush Apr 2016 #27

So let's kill hope? daleanime Apr 2016 #30

"Occupy" changed the conversation; Fight for $15 is changing the landscape bread_and_roses Apr 2016 #62

Don't listen to Stop Bush, it has started and will not stop for at least one big, important truth. Dustlawyer Apr 2016 #58

ows did not fail...it injected the truth of the 99% vs the 1% questionseverything Apr 2016 #63

Never started. Octafish Apr 2016 #72

Just a bit of irony, I am reading the Stephen King book, "11/22/1963". Dustlawyer Apr 2016 #75

40 years of GOP Control makes it look that way! Cryptoad Apr 2016 #6

No, it's not sour grapes... CompanyFirstSergeant Apr 2016 #9

I'm Beginning To See & Talk To MORE People Than Ever Who Feel ChiciB1 Apr 2016 #38

Caesarism... Odin2005 Apr 2016 #10

Precisely CompanyFirstSergeant Apr 2016 #11

The Hillarian Era... Raster Apr 2016 #13

She is a symptom, not a cause Baobab Apr 2016 #21

Absolutely. Raster Apr 2016 #23

The DC Establishment is the Petri dish. dchill Apr 2016 #50

Oligarchical Collectivism. roamer65 Apr 2016 #14

The implications of what we are witnessing may be even more earthshaking beastie boy Apr 2016 #15

We can only hope so Hydra Apr 2016 #44

The process will be long and painful, for the entire world. beastie boy Apr 2016 #48

I hope it's not as long and painful as you are thinking Hydra Apr 2016 #49

Capitalism is the cause of global warming, and Arugula Latte Apr 2016 #67

It's worth following some of the links in this article.... LongTomH Apr 2016 #16

thanks kpete Apr 2016 #17

I have updated my post - take a look! LongTomH Apr 2016 #18

From your link passiveporcupine Apr 2016 #20

K & R the thread. "On a planet in decline" Duppers Apr 2016 #22

K&R your comment: chapdrum Apr 2016 #24

"Protracted Suicide" Duppers Apr 2016 #26

Amen.... daleanime Apr 2016 #32

Its a period of transition - and the models that have worked up until now are no longer Baobab Apr 2016 #28

Excellent read malaise Apr 2016 #29

The Jungle Primary polynomial Apr 2016 #31

Nascent American fascism. It has happened here. bobthedrummer Apr 2016 #33

lol. only if words mean nothing at all uhnope Apr 2016 #78

a political revolution now (maybe, if we're lucky) ish of the hammer Apr 2016 #36

Seems worth pointing out that the African Union operation in Somalia has UN SC support muriel_volestrangler Apr 2016 #39

All great empires eventually fall DebbieCDC Apr 2016 #40

We are no great empire nolabels Apr 2016 #42

Which candidate is giving away bread? I missed my share! HereSince1628 Apr 2016 #41

Been saying this for a while nadinbrzezinski Apr 2016 #45

Absolutely Hydra Apr 2016 #47

+1 CentralMass Apr 2016 #64

I like how he covered the casual extrajudicial assassinations that have become the norm Hydra Apr 2016 #46

The lone superpower sinking into decline deutsey Apr 2016 #54

Moyers lost me a bit at that line, actually uhnope Apr 2016 #66

Tom Englehardt is the author n/t deutsey Apr 2016 #74

he lost me too uhnope Apr 2016 #76

Obviously. :-) deutsey Apr 2016 #77

K&R... spanone Apr 2016 #61

K&R me b zola Apr 2016 #68

The more I read about her the harder it will be to vote for her if she's the nom. CrispyQ Apr 2016 #69

Ceci n'est pas une pipe. Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2016 #70

Thank you, Tom Engelhardt. Octafish Apr 2016 #71

The remarkable, unfathomable ignorance of Debbie Wasserman Schultz Octafish Apr 2016 #73