2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Those who would not vote for Hillary in the GE, have you taken a good look at the Big-Picture? [View all]Cal33
(7,018 posts)Cos., Wall Street, and they all mean the same thing - the Corporatists. Trump is a newer and only
a partial and more independent member of the above, and they have tried to kick him out because
of his independence, but are not successful so far.
I believe the main way the Corporatists operate is through bribery and corruption. Their ranks are
filled with greedy people who, as the saying goes, would sell their own mothers if the profit is high
enough. With them, money alone talks. They are unsuccessful with bringing down Trump thus far
because the way they operate does not bother Trump at all -- he has more than enough wealth of
his own. They can't touch him at all, even when he thumbs his nose at them. Yes, Trump is for
Trump only, but officially he is one of their members.
"Evil enabler" would be more accurate a term for her. The Republican Party used to be nearly all
the way for the Corporatists. Not any more. In recent years, members are leaving the Republican
Establishment by the millions. The same thing is happening to the Democratic Establishment.
Yes, I would consider the Democratic Establishment people the lesser of two evils, and the
Republican Establishment, as well as Trump, the greater. I thinks it's more important to fight
against the Greater Evil. Minor parties like the Greens have zero chances of winning at this time.
A vote for them would be a vote wasted, because it would mean one vote less for the Democrats,
(1 vote less), and this would help the Republicans to win. Voting for Trump entails 1 vote less
for the Democrats PLUS one vote more for Trump, which would be like (2 votes more for Trump).
It's twice as bad.
So, if Bernie should lose, I would prefer to vote against the Greater of 2 Evils, who would definitely
do more harm to our country than the Evil Enabler would. The goal of the Corporatists is to turn
America into an Oligarchic Fascist Dictatorship. We have already lost a good deal of our freedoms.
Can you imagine living under a Total Dictatorship? Hillary is for her own profit. Selling America
down the river is not her goal. She would maintain the status quo, and this would give us the time
to work on having a real Progressive/Liberal president at the next election. With Trump or any
other Republican president, there might not even be any further presidential elections at all in the
future! Many people probably don't take this last point seriously. I do!
As I have said previously, we are living in highly dangerous times!