Saturday, December 10, 2016

"The global revolt against elites is not just driven by revulsion and loss and racism. It’s also driven by the global economy itself."


It isn't that I'm unwilling to join the resistance. It's that I'm already leading the resistance.

(outraged mumbling sounds)

What's that?

(more outraged mumbling sounds)

Trump?

Who's that, and which board did Jeff Gahan appoint HIM to?

Global Trumpism: Why Trump’s Victory Was 30 Years in the Making and Why It Won’t Stop Here, by Mark Blyth (Foreign Affairs)

 ... In short, to understand the election of Donald Trump we need to listen to the trumpets blowing everywhere in the highly indebted developed countries and the people who vote for them.

The global revolt against elites is not just driven by revulsion and loss and racism. It’s also driven by the global economy itself. This is a global phenomenon that marks one thing above all. The era of neoliberalism is over. The era of neonationalism has just begun.

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