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01-19-2017 11:58 PM |
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Originally Posted by Lune
(Post 2447001)
You can't look at the way things are playing out so far and think #1 is going to go down. It's pretty clear Pence & Ryan are running the show from a policy standpoint.
Sadly, the spirit of Ayn Rand is actually very popular in the US, and it mainly manifests as this fiscal conservative sentiment that anything you do to enhance the position of labor or regulate the private sector directly translates into killing jobs and ruining the economy. Ayn Rand really resonates in the US because we're a ruggedly individualist (and increasingly selfish) culture.
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If it was anyone but Trump Id agree. But he has continued to be unpredictable. There's a theory right now out there that Trump didn't even want most of his nominees confirmed. I actually don't think he planned on having them all confirmed and really only wanted the generals + Tillerson (who were the only ones that did their paperwork properly I might add). He has already refused to let anyone stay for 1-2 months (which is the norm) and is going to let offices be unfilled. Its not too much a stretch to suggest he is doing it on purpose.
I think it is safe to say Trump will be no friend to the environment -- or anything long term like that. But I do think he is going to try to make working white people happy with him. Of course I could be wrong and he might just be a Reagen-like dumbass that is just happy to be the front man.
The fact is that Libertarianism is a minority ideology that has been falsely inflated by the corporate media and public relations messaging. But this as a way of controlling society is on the decline...IMO because the internet combined with underemployed highly educated people. It's getting more and more unsustainable.
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