[Peace-discuss] The Peculiar Populism of Donald Trump

[Carl G. Estabrook]

And identity politics seems to be re-christened “postmaterialism” - which strangely increases throughout the 40 years of neoliberalism (ca. 1975-presetn), while wages (increasing 1945-75) are flat, inequality grows at an accelerating rate, and the life chances of the majority are reduced, in comparison with their parents’ generation. 

> On Feb 2, 2017, at 2:35 PM, Karen Aram via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
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> Right and the lack of jobs, the poverty inaccessible opportunities had nothing to do with it ..
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> Sent on my Virgin Mobile Phone.
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> From: Szoke, Ron via Peace-discuss
> Date: Thu, Feb 2, 2017 1:22 PM
> To: Peace-discuss AWARE;
> Subject:[Peace-discuss] The Peculiar Populism of Donald Trump
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> This is the most plausible commentary on the 2016 national election I have seen.
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>> Subject: NYTimes.com: The Peculiar Populism of Donald Trump
>> Date: February 2, 2017 at 12:14:42 PM CST
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> Note the relative absence of the usual bluffing, faking & pontificating about “the real issue,” or what made any group of voters
> vote the way they did.  Here, it was more cultural (“values”) than economic, but they were of course intertwined.
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> We saw another example of how the “little people,” looking for a national savior or political messiah, will turn to an authoritarian "strong man” 
> or caudillo instead of socialism.  I think an unspeakable issue underneath all the complaints about “political correctness” was resentment of all the fierce talk
> about “white privilege,” while all they could perceive was “black privilege”: affirmative action, welfare entitlements, special exemptions, etc. 
>    ~~ Ron
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> <Thanks for Donald!.jpeg><Thanks, Jesus!.jpeg>
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