HT to Tom Sullivan over at Hullabaloo for an excellent article , which leads to two articles, one by Rick Perlstein and the other by Tina Dupuy
While I always find German comparisons unfortunate, Perlstein makes the comparison not through historical comparison, but by contrasting German and American abilities (or lack there of) to confront trauma. I think he nails it.
The establishment in America is woefully unprepared. The public is woefully unprepared. Most generals and politicians make the same mistake, they fight the last war, not the one they are in.
Clinton, in her concession speech, did the normal thing. Obama has, and will, also do the normal thing. It’s done like that to protect the markets, and to protect long standing international relationships. It’s understandable, even expected for them to do that. After all, they are connected to those markets. But most of America is not, and will suffer the rampages of Trumpism.
We are in a different battle now.
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IMO, your short article has more to say than any of the long ones you link to.
>>they are connected to those markets. But most of America is not
Nice summary of why Clinton lost.
I’m not convinced it explains that, but we won’t ever truly know, except that about 30% of the population is angry about something. Down that discussion path leads to madness.
The two articles lead me to thinking on the insidious nature of capitalism. The more you succeed the more you become invested in protecting the system. Clinton and every other politician certainly suffer from that flaw, if flaw it is.
Isn’t that what Social Security and Medicare actually are? Sops to the masses. Make them invested and they are not likely to chop your head off. That’s what my grandfather told me every single time I saw him.
So we are woefully unprepared for what is coming.