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I realized we lived in what almost is a one party state after Obama took power and not much changed. Surveillance expansion continued or even accelerated, as d
by api 10y ago
I realized we lived in what almost is a one party state after Obama took power and not much changed.
Surveillance expansion continued or even accelerated, as did our endless wars. Obamacare is a Republican proposal even... it's based on Mitt Romney's Massachusetts insurance mandate.
The only shift was in the culture war issues. The Culture War Show is really just a distraction.
Trump won largely by styling himself as an actual alternative. Many people who didn't even like him personally voted for him on the idea that he might be a path out of the conventional corporate statist duopoly.
Personally I doubt it. Look at his picks. I predict that there will be a lot of noise but little actual change. His trolling will be a great distraction.
We've also seen a new season of the Culture War Show begin, featuring a plot involving the epic battle of Red Pill alt-righers vs the social justice warrior league. There will be much arguing on the Internet.
Meanwhile the consolidation of global corporate-state power will continue. Combatants on both sides of the culture war will see an expansion in surveillance and the student loan and mortgage debt indenture system.
- gozur88 10y ago>Personally I doubt it. Look at his picks. I predict that there will be a lot of noise but little actual change. His trolling will be a great distraction. This is true. Trump is almost entirely bereft of political philosophy - he was a Democrat until it made sense to be a Republican. He changes policy positions depending on who's asking the question. Sometimes in the same press conference. A guy like that is not going to make huge changes.
- NotSammyHagar 10y agoWe live in a state where some things are generally supported by both parties, like sadly surveillance of society to find the bad guys. Other things are different, like support for gay and trans rights.