Are Trump and Brexit about freeing the rich to exploit the poor?
I have said so for some time. I accept many of the criticisms of the EU and of the Democratic establishment but I fear that people have voted for greater evils. 'Taking back control' of the EU has removed power from Brussels bureaucrats but placed it in the hands of a hard-right Conservative Party determined to make Britain even more of a tax-haven free-market island. Trumps appeal is largely the logical extension of long-standing Republican tactics which use fear the culture war to support the agenda of the rich.
More important that rhetoric or the mock-able palace intrigue, are the underlying agendas at work. People should look at policies and the people involved to find out what the agenda is. Both these things gained consent because of populist outrage against the establishment which - though somewhat deserved - has been redirected further against the interests of the population. The real winners are not ordinary citizens of Britain and America but the billionaires who thought that the old statues quo did not leave them dominant enough. Crocodiles drain the swamp and look what happens.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/04/ripping-up-protections-brexit-trump-freedom
More important that rhetoric or the mock-able palace intrigue, are the underlying agendas at work. People should look at policies and the people involved to find out what the agenda is. Both these things gained consent because of populist outrage against the establishment which - though somewhat deserved - has been redirected further against the interests of the population. The real winners are not ordinary citizens of Britain and America but the billionaires who thought that the old statues quo did not leave them dominant enough. Crocodiles drain the swamp and look what happens.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/04/ripping-up-protections-brexit-trump-freedom
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