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Revolution

Posted by Herb7734 8 years, 9 months ago to Politics
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According to Karl Marx, there can be no change without a revolution. But does that always need to mean the use of force? Trump claims that his win was a movement. That the "fly over country" people were tired of remaining unheard and taken for granted. In state after state they came out in droves to hear Trump, who spoke to the very things they wanted -- no, make that NEEDED to hear. Those big rallies turned into votes, first in primaries, then for President. Wasn't that that a revolution? Trump represents an entirely new type of candidate which translates into an entirely new kind of President. Not a lawyer, but an accomplished business man. Not a smooth orator, but a kitchen table speaker wearing his heart on his sleeve. Not a cautious person putting forth a careful agenda, but boldly announcing what his plans were and confidently telling the people that, not only will it be done, but it will be done quickly.

Is he just a good actor? Is this another "All The King's Men?" Will he become a dictator? Or is he an honest revolutionary who truly is, "what you see, is what you get?" If he carries out even half of what he claims, I think history might just call it the "Trump Revolution."


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  • Posted by Seer 8 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I think they become agitated/aggravated simply because there is still a vast number of people who despise their idiotology.
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  • Posted by Flootus5 8 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    That tells me a lot. I grew up in Massachusetts, and by late high school (1973) and with Ayn Rand self education, I knew I was outta there. I was heading west. However, New Hampshire was quite different back then and when I got into UNH I started college there. So, in 1977 off to Arizona. After many many years in Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming I have been in the west far longer than in the east.

    Sad, because I have ancestors that were part of the momentous events of the late eighteenth century. One guy, old Job Shattuck participated in the French and Indian War, the Revolutionary War at Concord, Bunker Hill, and Saratoga, and then a leader in Shay's Rebellion. He was convicted of insurrection, sentenced to death, but then was pardoned by then governor John Hancock.

    And look at the people there now. How embarrassing.
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  • Posted by 8 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    The lefties seem pretty much to be aggravated by me. Most cousins live in Mass. What does that tell you?
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  • Posted by Abaco 8 years, 9 months ago
    Read "The Stones Cry Out" (book about a Cambodian childhood) and listen to Stefan Molynioux's podcast "The Truth About Carl Marx"...and be enlightened about what this is all really about...
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  • Posted by $ Seer 8 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Oh, I thought you said you WERE 55. I graduated in 1961 (high school) and have never quit going to school. I've seen how the curriculum has changed over the years, tests and homework becoming easier, that sort of thing. But I haven't been in College since 2003 and that was a Business School, so I haven't really been exposed to the horrific infusion of Leftism in the universities.
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  • Posted by 8 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I graduated in 1955
    That's when the "Lone Ranger" was still on the radio being broadcast from the Maccabees Building across the street from the Wayne University campus and the guy who played Tonto was teaching acting and elecution. Frankly, I don't understand what is being taught nowadays. My school experiences are so different than the way things are done today that I feel like a visitor from Neverland.















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  • Posted by Seer 8 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    So you graduated about the middle '80's---before the Left got its tentacles firmly entangled in American universities. You were still able to disagree without fear of retribution. I'm not sure, but I wonder if today's students are taught to accept without thinking all that they are taught at university.
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  • Posted by Seer 8 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Well, actually it was Groucho, with a cigar.

    What year did you graduate, if you don't mind me asking?
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  • Posted by 8 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    You got that right. What ammunition they have, however, only affects the low information voter. Too bad there's so many of them.
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  • Posted by 8 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    So.....it wasn't Harpo?
    Seriously, I never understood the influence of Karl Marx. When I read his Das Kapital at 18 I thought you gotta be kidding. However as a freshman, my instructors took it seriously. I thought there was something I didn't get. Trouble was I got it, it was the instructors that didn't get it.
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  • Posted by Seer 8 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Nobody can disagree with you about Marx. His writings are, in fact, the ravings of a child who felt unable to compete. I do believe he was psychologically disturbed. His reliance on Kant, Hegel and others reflect his inability to reason properly.

    And yet, the malignancy of his idiotic philosophy infected the 20th century with the most vile acts in the history of mankind, all stemming from the belief that any individual person has no value apart from any value he has attached to another person.
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  • Posted by Abaco 8 years, 9 months ago
    Marx was wrong and a loony. Many of us here have mentioned the long, slow march over the cliff this nation is taking. That's change without revolution. Regarding this last election. People need to understand that the hard-left is imbedded into our system like an Alabama tick. Frankly, unless I see people doing the perp walk in shackles I'll not consider any of the recent events real change.
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  • Posted by ScaryBlackRifle 8 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    The revolution has not been canceled.
    WE have begun the revolution. WE will drain the swamp. The primaries of 2017 started November 9, 2016.
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  • Posted by ScaryBlackRifle 8 years, 9 months ago
    This was nothing more than the first victory. But the other side will be shooting back.

    The revolution has begun but is NOT yet won.
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