tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post4739510753300247561..comments2024-03-28T19:18:40.387-04:00Comments on Northern Reflections: A Powerful And Dangerous IllusionOwen Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-23350702198914206252015-12-28T15:04:26.250-05:002015-12-28T15:04:26.250-05:00Absolutely, Pam. If Trump triumphs, it will be the...Absolutely, Pam. If Trump triumphs, it will be the Triumph of Absurdity.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-82402375897839561482015-12-28T13:14:25.288-05:002015-12-28T13:14:25.288-05:00When Bush Jr. ran for the presidency, I thought no...When Bush Jr. ran for the presidency, I thought no way are Americans going to vote this man in. I was wrong. Yes the Supreme Court selected him, but there was no revolt from Americans regarding letting the Supreme Court select who their president should be. The second time he ran against Kerry, I thought there is no way Bush will get back in again,(I was somewhat naive then).I was wrong. I realize now that it is very possible that Trump could be president.It is only fitting that a business man whose success is based on bankruptcy and recovery, could very possibly become the leader of his intellectual and financially bankrupt country.Trump and the Absurdness of todays American politics fit like a hand and glove.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07842215982128591742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-52720708177046940282015-12-28T13:00:10.168-05:002015-12-28T13:00:10.168-05:00If there is a profit to be made, all else will bec...If there is a profit to be made, all else will become irrelevant, Mound. Trump has made a career of recovering from bankruptcy and letting others deal with the wreckage he created -- just like George W. Bush. Krugman is right. Trump is George W. on steroids.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-7526899306753584232015-12-28T12:33:01.393-05:002015-12-28T12:33:01.393-05:00Having read Krugman's warning today, Owen, Hed...<br />Having read Krugman's warning today, Owen, Hedges observations leave me thinking of America as akin to Germany in the final months of the Nazi regime. Reality is displaced. The interests of the people discounted to irrelevance. The rise of the surveillance state and the militarization of all police services. Inequality running rampant with the privileged sequestered in gated communities like medieval lords behind their moats and massive stone walls. I think Hedges is right - it's a formula for revolt, one that may have consequences few can foresee. <br /><br />It's a nasty, brittle thing that has evolved. How will it withstand the dislocative impacts of something as devastating as climate change? They're not that far off and they're beyond the power of those who have seized America to avoid. Let's hope they don't dream up ways of harnessing it to their purposes. Disaster Capitalism?The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.com