A while ago, I wrote in this space, “Trump’s beloved rural “uneducated” are overwhelmingly the base for the dumbing-down of the Republican Party and they are undeniably the people Trump can ‘fool all of the time’ in any subject.
“We have 50 per cent of the world’s wealth but only 6.3 per cent of its population. In this situation, our real job in the coming period…is to maintain this position of disparity. To do so, we have to dispense with all sentimentality…we should cease thinking about human rights, the raising of living standards and democratisation.” George Kennan, US diplomat and strategic planner, 1948.
Seems to me it all went wrong from about there. And you are right Tom, the USA is not held in great regard by many people outside the country. Trump, as you say, is not helping!
Sounds about right, philosophy and the critical moment. The US was poised to become a fascist state in 1929, but the Great Depression put a momentary pause on that when fascist "planning" blew up the world economy and demonstrated a fatal flaw in capitalism and non-representative government. Here we go again!
“We have 50 per cent of the world’s wealth but only 6.3 per cent of its population. In this situation, our real job in the coming period…is to maintain this position of disparity. To do so, we have to dispense with all sentimentality…we should cease thinking about human rights, the raising of living standards and democratisation.” George Kennan, US diplomat and strategic planner, 1948.
Seems to me it all went wrong from about there. And you are right Tom, the USA is not held in great regard by many people outside the country. Trump, as you say, is not helping!
Ian
Sounds about right, philosophy and the critical moment. The US was poised to become a fascist state in 1929, but the Great Depression put a momentary pause on that when fascist "planning" blew up the world economy and demonstrated a fatal flaw in capitalism and non-representative government. Here we go again!
I’ve been tired of America since I started voting in 1972. “Nixon Resigns” was a high point of my life.