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In reply to the discussion: So, Trump, the "laughingstock," is on his way here to Europe. Here's my take on what is going on: [View all]heaven05
(18,124 posts)of the "laughingstock" potus the despicable deplorables have offered up as a leader. The republiKKKan Congress....knew all this distraction would offer them a chance to hijack our democracy and looks like they were correct in their outlook. The republiKKKans are dismantling and destroying what was once a struggling and still developing political model called a 'democracy' and turning it into an oligarchy.
The rich play, the poor serve the rich. Yet this is what Fox Snooze was planned and created for by the now dead Ailes and the still breathing, sadly, Koch bros..... A citizenry full of fear of outside forces and inside danger as their racist and bigoted whitecentric slant on the news has engendered in the republicKKKan base for 20+ years now and are still breeding fear in an blissfully ignorant large minority of the american population....
I base part of that statement on american big business, banks and utilities now. It used to be they would grovel(just a play on words, insert any you please) to serve the customer, not so much anymore. If you are poor and struggling, they will dig a deeper hole for you. They also are very aware of their "too big to fail" status in the american scheme of things. And poor people just don't deserve respect anymore. They are not the example that rich people are to american business oligarchic fascist inclinations.
Ayn Rand is alive and well in 2017.