Revolution
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."
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."
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.
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.
I am very old.
The big deals in my time were Catcher In The Rye and Existentialism.
What year did you graduate, if you don't mind me asking?
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.
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.
WE have begun the revolution. WE will drain the swamp. The primaries of 2017 started November 9, 2016.
The revolution has begun but is NOT yet won.
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