For some reason beyond me, many people are convinced that Donald Trump is a joke and should not be taken seriously.
A MULTI BILLIONAIRE who makes winning business deals again and again, who finds ways to get shit done that other people can't, who is running his campaign EXACTLY as he runs his business (he's spending way less that the competition and getting way more bang for his buck).
You know what the biggest problem with American Government is? Incomprehensibly inefficient use of taxpayer money towards the establishments aims, as well as corruption that reduces efficiency. For example generic prescription drugs are not available in the states because the big pharma companies paid the right people and signed the right contract and the end result is pills cost an arm and a leg and companies that would provide said drugs for MUCH CHEAPER are NOT ALLOWED TO SELL THEM. That's not capitalism, that's corruption, collusion, price rigging, the most immoral way to run a business.
And these people who call Trump a laughing stock, well to me, THEY are the laughing stock. Ignorant haters who don't hold a candle to the man's skills and business savvy. These same people would rather see Hillary Clinton be the president.
If you take just ten minutes to google her name with the word criminal, you will find an OCEAN of facts, FACTS that prove the woman has no moral conscience WHATSOEVER. She will make backdoor deals and cares NOTHING for the common man and is a symbol of the inefficiency and nonsense that plagues politics. Furthermore she consorts with cocaine dealers and a ton of the money that has financed her over the years comes from CRIMINALS, because SHE IS A CRIMINAL AS WELL!!
It boggles my mind how stupid the average person has become that their eyes cannot see what is plainly staring at them. The blind lead the blind alas.
Proof of this is that Bernie Sanders is in a fight with Hillary Clinton. She shouldn't get a single vote if the voters were educated and understood up from down and left from right and possessed even the most basic common sense.
I fear humanity has become so stupid that we may get exactly what we deserve.....
Thursday 25 February 2016
Monday 22 February 2016
A Rant about Trump and America
We're seeing an interesting shift in American politics right now. I am of the opinion that the men in the closed room that own all the assets and make all the decisions are on top of things at all times, that is to say they run the show and have already planned eventualities several steps ahead.
It is with that concept in mind that I would like to discuss one Donald J. Trump.
He's crass, he's genuine, he's super cool. It is no surprise that he is far more popular in polling that Ted Cruz, Jeb (who just dropped out) and Marco Rubio, John Kasick etc...
Its fairly obvious that the bulk of Americans are no longer of the opinion that the establishment serves their interests. The LOGICAL candidate from such a viewpoint would most certainly be Bernie Sanders.
However, that being said let's tell it like it is. When Sanders suggests that meaningful change can only occur with a "Strong grassroots political movement involving millions" what I'm hearing is a sort of soft revolution. Those of you who take an interest in history will no doubt recall that FDR in order to get the New Deal signed and approved had to present the elite with an ultimatum of epic proportions: make this deal or all production stops, all unions go on strike and everything slows down to a crawl. The irony is that such an ultimatum can no longer truly be provided by the working class unless EVERYONE revolts. In the first place there is very little production locally to speak of, the only inconvenience to the elite of a mass revolt in the States would be no body is running the StarBucks or the gas station or waiting tables. North America is a service economy and once that service can be provided by robots or automation or what have you, the large bulk of the population effectively become liabilities to the elite, not assets.
Right now they are of use for one primary reason, they pay taxes to feed the military machine. They also help to some extent to make America appear powerful on the global scene.
Now lets get back to the focus of our article, Mr. Trump. He is the EMOTIONAL candidate for the dispossessed American who's needs are no longer being tended to. The reason he appeals to the emotion of the dispossessed American is fairly straightforward, he is so blunt, so honest, so forthright. He is off the cuff and does not seem to prepare the bulk of his statements. People want change and they subconsciously gravitate towards the person that will provide that change. Sanders has appeal for these people, but I myself, and I do not think I am alone in voicing this opinion, am worried that even if elected, Sanders will find himself with enemies who will try to stop his every move for change.
Trump seems like the type of guy who is willing to break the rules and rewrite them altogether, someone who isn't afraid of standing up the corruption and bureaucracy and unlike Sanders is probably willing to break a LOT of eggs to make the omelet. He's either going to be amazing or the next Fascist Dictator. I'm incredibly fascinated either way and can't wait to see what happens next.
As far as those men behind closed doors who make decisions, what if Trump is part of their plan to radicalize America even further. What if they're several steps ahead of everyone else and have already concluded that the people no longer have faith in the establishment per se and that they need to dangle something new in our faces to keep us passive even longer. What if Trump is their guy from the beginning? Isn't that what they did with Obama? Look you can trust him, you don't need ro rebell, the system will change, he's BLACK for God's sake!
Look you can trust Trump, he's self funded! He's not part of Washington!
I think the young people in America are waking up to some harsh truths and are grasping desperately for answers and are willing to listen to anyone who they think could provide it, Trump certainly fits that bill.
What if the life the baby boomers knew was a fluke in the context of history? And the offshoot of that middle class wealth is slowly dying out now? What if the middle class all but disappears in the future? Isn't that already happening?
Food for thought, I used to make about 4200$ per month after taxes and would spend up to 2500 a month on food, rent, car, cell, expenses, you get the point. That's 1700 a month savings (of course I'm splitting rent and food with my girlfriend at the time, much more expensive solo). This is what you would call a middle class life in a 3.5 apartment in a downtown area of a major metropolitan city, eating well, going out regularly.
That 1700 a month is a decent amount to save certainly, but by the time I can afford a home without a 30 year mortgage that makes me pay overall 200% of the property value in interest I need about 200 months (16 years) straight of savings.
16 years of no vacations. 16 years of no splurging on nice shoes, new clothes, a leather couch.
16 years of nothing but work, groceries, laundry, and the occasional restaurant. No ski trips, no hotel getaways, no deviation from the daily grind.
16 years of no concerts, no spa visits, no new car, no new anything really, just work and pray the company remains stable enough that your position is still needed in 16 years.
The point is that in the 70's we know how affordable things were for the middle class, how easy it was for them to obtain property, work a solid job at the same place, move up the ladder, and improve their life.
Today that has been choked to a fraction of what it was. in 16 years ill be 49. And in 16 years that house that used to cost 340K will cost 500k (or more who knows).
Contrast this with baby boomers who had a 2 year mortgage to own a home. And you wonder why birthrates are down? Why marriage rates are down? Why things are failing? Here's a discomforting truth, maybe the middle class is being weeded out and that this is a process that has been happening for decades.
Back to Trump. In order to reverse this and give the middle class a leg up, we would need to see a return to manufacturing, a return to investment of corporate profits into infrastructure, education, jobs, the "LOCAL" economy. This requires either more heavily taxing the ultra rich, or redirecting the huge military budget towards those domestic goals. I find it incredibly hard to accept that either of these things would be allowed to happen given the current state of politics and the current balance of power.
But at least its entertaining to watch.
It is with that concept in mind that I would like to discuss one Donald J. Trump.
He's crass, he's genuine, he's super cool. It is no surprise that he is far more popular in polling that Ted Cruz, Jeb (who just dropped out) and Marco Rubio, John Kasick etc...
Its fairly obvious that the bulk of Americans are no longer of the opinion that the establishment serves their interests. The LOGICAL candidate from such a viewpoint would most certainly be Bernie Sanders.
However, that being said let's tell it like it is. When Sanders suggests that meaningful change can only occur with a "Strong grassroots political movement involving millions" what I'm hearing is a sort of soft revolution. Those of you who take an interest in history will no doubt recall that FDR in order to get the New Deal signed and approved had to present the elite with an ultimatum of epic proportions: make this deal or all production stops, all unions go on strike and everything slows down to a crawl. The irony is that such an ultimatum can no longer truly be provided by the working class unless EVERYONE revolts. In the first place there is very little production locally to speak of, the only inconvenience to the elite of a mass revolt in the States would be no body is running the StarBucks or the gas station or waiting tables. North America is a service economy and once that service can be provided by robots or automation or what have you, the large bulk of the population effectively become liabilities to the elite, not assets.
Right now they are of use for one primary reason, they pay taxes to feed the military machine. They also help to some extent to make America appear powerful on the global scene.
Now lets get back to the focus of our article, Mr. Trump. He is the EMOTIONAL candidate for the dispossessed American who's needs are no longer being tended to. The reason he appeals to the emotion of the dispossessed American is fairly straightforward, he is so blunt, so honest, so forthright. He is off the cuff and does not seem to prepare the bulk of his statements. People want change and they subconsciously gravitate towards the person that will provide that change. Sanders has appeal for these people, but I myself, and I do not think I am alone in voicing this opinion, am worried that even if elected, Sanders will find himself with enemies who will try to stop his every move for change.
Trump seems like the type of guy who is willing to break the rules and rewrite them altogether, someone who isn't afraid of standing up the corruption and bureaucracy and unlike Sanders is probably willing to break a LOT of eggs to make the omelet. He's either going to be amazing or the next Fascist Dictator. I'm incredibly fascinated either way and can't wait to see what happens next.
As far as those men behind closed doors who make decisions, what if Trump is part of their plan to radicalize America even further. What if they're several steps ahead of everyone else and have already concluded that the people no longer have faith in the establishment per se and that they need to dangle something new in our faces to keep us passive even longer. What if Trump is their guy from the beginning? Isn't that what they did with Obama? Look you can trust him, you don't need ro rebell, the system will change, he's BLACK for God's sake!
Look you can trust Trump, he's self funded! He's not part of Washington!
I think the young people in America are waking up to some harsh truths and are grasping desperately for answers and are willing to listen to anyone who they think could provide it, Trump certainly fits that bill.
What if the life the baby boomers knew was a fluke in the context of history? And the offshoot of that middle class wealth is slowly dying out now? What if the middle class all but disappears in the future? Isn't that already happening?
Food for thought, I used to make about 4200$ per month after taxes and would spend up to 2500 a month on food, rent, car, cell, expenses, you get the point. That's 1700 a month savings (of course I'm splitting rent and food with my girlfriend at the time, much more expensive solo). This is what you would call a middle class life in a 3.5 apartment in a downtown area of a major metropolitan city, eating well, going out regularly.
That 1700 a month is a decent amount to save certainly, but by the time I can afford a home without a 30 year mortgage that makes me pay overall 200% of the property value in interest I need about 200 months (16 years) straight of savings.
16 years of no vacations. 16 years of no splurging on nice shoes, new clothes, a leather couch.
16 years of nothing but work, groceries, laundry, and the occasional restaurant. No ski trips, no hotel getaways, no deviation from the daily grind.
16 years of no concerts, no spa visits, no new car, no new anything really, just work and pray the company remains stable enough that your position is still needed in 16 years.
The point is that in the 70's we know how affordable things were for the middle class, how easy it was for them to obtain property, work a solid job at the same place, move up the ladder, and improve their life.
Today that has been choked to a fraction of what it was. in 16 years ill be 49. And in 16 years that house that used to cost 340K will cost 500k (or more who knows).
Contrast this with baby boomers who had a 2 year mortgage to own a home. And you wonder why birthrates are down? Why marriage rates are down? Why things are failing? Here's a discomforting truth, maybe the middle class is being weeded out and that this is a process that has been happening for decades.
Back to Trump. In order to reverse this and give the middle class a leg up, we would need to see a return to manufacturing, a return to investment of corporate profits into infrastructure, education, jobs, the "LOCAL" economy. This requires either more heavily taxing the ultra rich, or redirecting the huge military budget towards those domestic goals. I find it incredibly hard to accept that either of these things would be allowed to happen given the current state of politics and the current balance of power.
But at least its entertaining to watch.
Tuesday 2 February 2016
American Politics at a Glance, February 2016
Thought I would right some things down about Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton and all the rest of it. I guess we should mention Donald Trump as well.
Before I delve into these topics I should first stipulate that I do not believe in any way shape or form, that the US president actually makes meaningful change in the United States. I believe that meaningful change is rather engineered by multinational firms, central banks, corporate lobbyists and the rest.
To me the President of the United states is a glorified public relations agent whose purpose is to make more palatable to the American People and the public at large, the intentions and machinations of the Military Industrial Complex. In other words, the President is the president of spin. When a new trade deal is proposed that will hurt the US, the president's job is to convince the people that this deal is not a rip off and will in fact serve their interests. When Edward Snowden blows the whistle, the purpose of the President is to quell people' disgust with government by saying "its for your own good, trust us...".
And so it is with a sort of bored detached amusement that I look at these elections before us and I ask myself a few key questions.
A. Is Hillary Clinton actually a human being or is she a carefully constructed cyborg whose purpose it is to simulate emotion and like-ability based on research and polling her staff does? i.e.: Is she into gay rights and feminism because its popular or because she actually believes in these things? i.e.: is there anything of any authenticity whatsoever coming out of this woman's mouth, at all???
B. Is Bernie Sanders actually for real? It's hard for me to accept that he's for real, he seems legit, he seems like he's not a corrupt piece of shit politician. And yet the real tragedy of this is, that if he IS for real, he will most certainly NEVER become the next President of the United states.
C. Can any cosmic force on earth or elsewhere stop Donald Trump from becoming the next President of the United States?
Lets start with A and flesh that out a little more. Hillary is totally false. Shake hands, kiss babies, say the right things, act in ways that offend as few people as possible, pretend to care about the people, etc. Almost half he twitter followers are fake accounts, everything that comes out of her mouth was placed there by a staffer, her mannerisms of speech are filled with pauses and gaps because she is constructing a fabricated identity. She worked for the fifth estate, serves corporate interest almost to a default, sucks on the teet of shadow government power with glee in the hopes of getting on the biggest stage. Her ego is the size of an 18 wheeler. The only thing she cares about is making herself appear as something of substance. I submit to you that there is simply NOTHING THERE. She doesn't stand for ANYTHING. She just says what she's been told people want to hear. She is trying to convince people that she is presidential, and in fact she would be a very good president if the goal of American politics for the future is to pass the buck, do the same fucking thing everyone before has done, pretend to fight for the rights of the people but make the deals that matter behind closed doors.
B. I have to admit, I think Bernie Sanders IS for real. I think he IS genuine, fair, and believes in democracy, which is why he cannot be elected president. If he is elected corporate forces and lobbyists and the industry of greed and evil will do all in its power to prevent him from exacting any meaningful change whatsoever. It's just not gonna happen for Bernie, and its a crying shame because I wish he would win, I wish the people would take back their country, I wish the working class of america would picket and fight (in fact probably all of these things are happening at all times, but the media is careful to ensure that news of these things NEVER spreads too far). If the working class of the country were to engage in an all out revolt and take to the streets, then Bernie would probably be the perfect president. I am of the opinion that a moral man who believes in good and evil CANNOT be elected president, it just can't happen. This guy would tax the rich and corporate interests and use that money to invest in infrastructure and jobs, which would GREATLY stimulate the economy in the short and medium term.
C. Then of course there's Donald Trump, who I would vote for in a second because it makes SENSE. He has big balls, he's an alpha, a leader, doesn't give a FUCK what other people think and is GENUINE. Does he articulate the popular rage? Of course!! But unlike Hillary, hes real, and unlike Bernie, he seems more RESOURCEFUL because of his skills in business dealings and his success in the private sector. He seems like a good negotiator, a good businessman, a strong willed individual. He's ACTUALLY COMPETENT AND PROVEN. Most politicians are USELESS IDIOTS. But will he help the common working man or help grow the middle class? I HIGHLY DOUBT IT. Instead I picture heaven for businesses. There is however the possibility that he would try to stimulate medium and small sized businesses by empowering them with loans and protection, which COULD be a good thing. I trust he is capable of improving the country, but doubt that he will try to really. I wonder what he would do as president, probably usher in an era of extremism.
Now if I had to pick a candidate in ideal circumstances it would be Bernie, for sure. I wish circumstances were ideal, but they're not. I fear for Bernie, and I shudder to think what would happen if that bloodless witch Clinton wins the democratic Nomination and he decides to be her running mate, makes me want to puke.
Before I delve into these topics I should first stipulate that I do not believe in any way shape or form, that the US president actually makes meaningful change in the United States. I believe that meaningful change is rather engineered by multinational firms, central banks, corporate lobbyists and the rest.
To me the President of the United states is a glorified public relations agent whose purpose is to make more palatable to the American People and the public at large, the intentions and machinations of the Military Industrial Complex. In other words, the President is the president of spin. When a new trade deal is proposed that will hurt the US, the president's job is to convince the people that this deal is not a rip off and will in fact serve their interests. When Edward Snowden blows the whistle, the purpose of the President is to quell people' disgust with government by saying "its for your own good, trust us...".
And so it is with a sort of bored detached amusement that I look at these elections before us and I ask myself a few key questions.
A. Is Hillary Clinton actually a human being or is she a carefully constructed cyborg whose purpose it is to simulate emotion and like-ability based on research and polling her staff does? i.e.: Is she into gay rights and feminism because its popular or because she actually believes in these things? i.e.: is there anything of any authenticity whatsoever coming out of this woman's mouth, at all???
B. Is Bernie Sanders actually for real? It's hard for me to accept that he's for real, he seems legit, he seems like he's not a corrupt piece of shit politician. And yet the real tragedy of this is, that if he IS for real, he will most certainly NEVER become the next President of the United states.
C. Can any cosmic force on earth or elsewhere stop Donald Trump from becoming the next President of the United States?
Lets start with A and flesh that out a little more. Hillary is totally false. Shake hands, kiss babies, say the right things, act in ways that offend as few people as possible, pretend to care about the people, etc. Almost half he twitter followers are fake accounts, everything that comes out of her mouth was placed there by a staffer, her mannerisms of speech are filled with pauses and gaps because she is constructing a fabricated identity. She worked for the fifth estate, serves corporate interest almost to a default, sucks on the teet of shadow government power with glee in the hopes of getting on the biggest stage. Her ego is the size of an 18 wheeler. The only thing she cares about is making herself appear as something of substance. I submit to you that there is simply NOTHING THERE. She doesn't stand for ANYTHING. She just says what she's been told people want to hear. She is trying to convince people that she is presidential, and in fact she would be a very good president if the goal of American politics for the future is to pass the buck, do the same fucking thing everyone before has done, pretend to fight for the rights of the people but make the deals that matter behind closed doors.
B. I have to admit, I think Bernie Sanders IS for real. I think he IS genuine, fair, and believes in democracy, which is why he cannot be elected president. If he is elected corporate forces and lobbyists and the industry of greed and evil will do all in its power to prevent him from exacting any meaningful change whatsoever. It's just not gonna happen for Bernie, and its a crying shame because I wish he would win, I wish the people would take back their country, I wish the working class of america would picket and fight (in fact probably all of these things are happening at all times, but the media is careful to ensure that news of these things NEVER spreads too far). If the working class of the country were to engage in an all out revolt and take to the streets, then Bernie would probably be the perfect president. I am of the opinion that a moral man who believes in good and evil CANNOT be elected president, it just can't happen. This guy would tax the rich and corporate interests and use that money to invest in infrastructure and jobs, which would GREATLY stimulate the economy in the short and medium term.
C. Then of course there's Donald Trump, who I would vote for in a second because it makes SENSE. He has big balls, he's an alpha, a leader, doesn't give a FUCK what other people think and is GENUINE. Does he articulate the popular rage? Of course!! But unlike Hillary, hes real, and unlike Bernie, he seems more RESOURCEFUL because of his skills in business dealings and his success in the private sector. He seems like a good negotiator, a good businessman, a strong willed individual. He's ACTUALLY COMPETENT AND PROVEN. Most politicians are USELESS IDIOTS. But will he help the common working man or help grow the middle class? I HIGHLY DOUBT IT. Instead I picture heaven for businesses. There is however the possibility that he would try to stimulate medium and small sized businesses by empowering them with loans and protection, which COULD be a good thing. I trust he is capable of improving the country, but doubt that he will try to really. I wonder what he would do as president, probably usher in an era of extremism.
Now if I had to pick a candidate in ideal circumstances it would be Bernie, for sure. I wish circumstances were ideal, but they're not. I fear for Bernie, and I shudder to think what would happen if that bloodless witch Clinton wins the democratic Nomination and he decides to be her running mate, makes me want to puke.
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