Posted on 11/11/2016 12:00:21 AM PST by nralife
Bill Clinton and Barack Obama helped shift power away from the people towards corporations. It was this that created an opening for Donald Trump.
What has happened in America should not be seen as a victory for hatefulness over decency. It is more accurately understood as a repudiation of the American power structure.
At the core of that structure are the political leaders of both parties, their political operatives, and fundraisers; the major media, centered in New York and Washington DC; the country’s biggest corporations, their top executives, and Washington lobbyists and trade associations; the biggest Wall Street banks, their top officers, traders, hedge-fund and private-equity managers, and their lackeys in Washington; and the wealthy individuals who invest directly in politics.
At the start of the 2016 election cycle, this power structure proclaimed Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush shoo-ins for the nominations of the Democratic and Republican parties. After all, both of these individuals had deep bases of funders, well-established networks of political insiders, experienced political advisers and all the political name recognition any candidate could possibly want.
But a funny thing happened on the way to the White House. The presidency was won by Donald Trump, who made his fortune marketing office towers and casinos, and, more recently, starring in a popular reality-television program, and who has never held elective office or had anything to do with the Republican party. Hillary Clinton narrowly won the popular vote, but not enough of the states and their electors secure a victory.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
to support americas working class is to support too many whites.
The democrats haven’t represented the working class since LBJ was in office; they decided way back then to represent the PARASITE CLASS, which they created.
A short article.
We’ll be seeing a lot of this, people like Reich having to finally recognize 2016 reality, instead of living life like it’s always 1973. The American government has been run by old hippies for a long time (remember, as an effort at “unity” after the Gore fiasco, GW didn’t remove them). They continued to screw this country in the Obama Administration. They are now, finally, officially, old and in the way.
Good read. Second article I have seen making similar points. The other was regarding the TPP.
No, it’s not. Not when investment banks (and i’ve worked at many) are laundering drug money, faking millions of accounts, playing fast and easy with the numbers and on and on.
Good jobs working for them though. Lots of benefits.
DemoncRats didn’t abandon the Working Class, they deserted the Non-Union Working Class.
That’s why Trumka visited Obama’s White House about a million times.
> Democrats once represented the working class.
Must have been before I was born because I have no memory of this. They’ve definitely supported the NON-working class, but working class? No.
Who would have thunk it? Reich is RIGHT ON.
Possibly, Paul Ryan has had a come to Jesus moment, but on the other side of the aisle, Pelosi and her Marxist clan of BLM types don’t get Robert’s outline.
“A short article.”
I thought the democrat party always supported the little guy.
<< “ .... government has been run by old hippies for a long time (remember, as an effort at “unity” after the Gore fiasco, GW didn’t remove them). “ >>
Boy did we pay for that one.
I agree with the above. He misses when he wanders into liberal 50 year old BS excuses. This was NOT a left wing revolt... far from it... to couch it in those terms is a disservice to the revolution.
I think the swamp is about to be drained. Fifteen years after it should have been.
I read the article before I checked out the author and was duly shocked.
Don't give Little Bob too much credit for getting it though. He says Clinton and Obama "allowed" anti-trust enforcement to ossify. They didn't allow it, they assured it. And the Bushes helped.
Fascist economies promote monopolization because it makes state control of the economy easier. This is why Obama bailed out a dozen or so huge banks but instituted regulations in Obamacare to cap the growth of small businesses while using the EPA and other agencies to crush them outright.
This nation is sick and tired of Clintons and Bushes.
He missed the spirit of the times, the nativists who are voiceless outcasts in their own lands being run by globalists.
Reich should’ve known this was coming after Brexit and other rumblings.
The MSM tried to bag this election for Hillary but ratings and circulation are down down down. They can troll for clicks on google, yahoo, MSN,and facebook but ultimately people have tuned out and don’t rely on the “official” acccount of what happened that week (from paid shills who are colluding with the Democrat Party).
Today, the Dems represents the ‘Gibmedat’ class, the ‘rich class’ and the ‘AntiAmerican’ class...
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