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To: Gaffer

no problem

The trilateral commission refers to an actual organization, organized by David Rockefeller when he was at Chase Manhattan Bank. Its purpose is “dialogue” among (1) Japan, (2) North America and (3) Europe. While this particular organization has been joined by many others, with an expanded scope of countries and interests, it remains a convenient marker.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilateral_Commission

Corporatism refers to the organization of society around interest groups, among these large corporations. Sometimes it only refers to large corporations. The opposite is individualism. In fascism, for example, the economy is run by another form of trilateral: the government, big unions and big business. Individuals and their interplay with each other in markets are brushed aside. As conservatives, we are neither (pure) individualists nor (pure) corporatists. We believe in both the moral autonomy of each individual person and the goodness of free association. So, we like families, churches, various kinds of business organizations and (voluntary) unions. We even government, when it is subject to the rule of law and accountable to the people through elections.

Neo-conservative. The neo-conservatives are former liberals who joined with conservatives after the Democratic Party went completely radical. They don’t agree with us on social issues nor on economic issues. But, they do think we should have a strong national defense, and furthermore they actually think we should be the world’s policeman. George W. Bush and Hillary Clinton got us into all kinds of wars, and the neo-conservatives can’t get enough of that. They don’t care whether our so-called allies like Germany and Japan spend 1 percent on national defense, because we have an unlimited amount of many and an unlimited number of soldiers that we can sacrifice to save the world from whatever threat to anything exists anywhere.

Donald Trump thinks we should have a strong national defense and use of only very sparingly. And, when we use it, to utterly destroy the adversary. Think of the invasion of Grenada.


40 posted on 08/16/2016 6:05:53 AM PDT by Redmen4ever
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To: Redmen4ever

I was only asking for edification. You thought it was an attempt to demean the use. I don’t particularly feel Donald Trump is any of those with respect to their meanings (which are oft interpreted willy nilly and incorrectly, BTW).

Frankly, I’d already seen what the Wiki version of them is. I just wanted a direct explanation of how Donald Trump either fits, or doesn’t fit their meanings.


41 posted on 08/16/2016 6:11:50 AM PDT by Gaffer
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