Posted on 12/14/2015 9:07:14 AM PST by Marcus
If you listen carefullu, you can hear the muttering of concern and even panic in rooms that used to be smoke filled where the political elites gather to decide the future of nations.
On one side of the Atlantic, a mercurial and bloviating businessman and media figure stalks the studios and political arenas of America, saying alarming things. Build a wall on the southern border and make the Mexicans pay for it. Deport all 11 million illegal aliens forthwith. Bar all Muslims from entering the country “temporarily.â€
On the other side of the Atlantic, a striking, blond woman in middle age is also saying alarming things, railing against immigrants, especially Muslims, free trade, same-sex marriage, the Euro, the European Union, and NATO. To be sure, she is a little different from her American counterpart in that she is attempting to cloak her agenda in reasonableness.
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“The twin Trump and Le Pen stories provide a kind of cautionary tale for politicians of all stripes in a democracy. If one allows problems to fester for too long, the people are going to turn to someone else.”
My formulation:
Populism is caused by Leadership failing the citizens.
If you listen carefullu...
... and spell “carefullu”
French voters turned away from Le Pen. They have told their enemies in very explicit terms, through their vote, that there is no violence that can be visited on French citizens that will make them strike back. French voters have assured themselves of further violent strikes.
Why on God’s green Earth do we call these wackos elites? It po’s me every time I see it? Can’t we just call them what they are, thieving, backstabbing, power mad azzholes? They are not elite by any other measure than the money they inherited, stole, or suckered folks out of. Elite my azz.
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