“Why did you bring up Donald Trump in particular, and who is “us all?””
Because Donald Trump is the only one who isn’t an “organ grinder’s monkey” for those with money, and “us all” refers to all of us on FR!
I was commenting about fascism and defining the problem in politics for interested readers. Here's one of the faces of fascism.
OpenSecrets.org American Fedn of St/Cnty/Munic Employees [
State/County/Municipal Employees]
[Total Contributions:] $94,708,977
[To Dems & liberals:] $93,739,954
[To Repubs & Conservs:] $671,755
[Pct to Dems & liberals:] 99%
[Pct to Repubs & Conservs:] 1%
And the other is, of course, the faction that the aforementioned get their pork from. Together, stuffed with cash flow and more than enough time on their hands, the two major factions control politics from all sides.
I'm a real conservative, watching the default process run its course before regulations, fees and taxes are relaxed (after all due cuts in big government spending) to make way for real production again. As for politicians, you know what we've always said about politicians. They lie. Everybody's got to serve somebody. Remember what happened to Nebuchadnezzar after an episode of vanity (in re. politicians).
There. That's for everyone who wants to read.