If this is is correct - which judging from the news and the Internet it
seems to be - then the appellation of Trumpland has some justification. At
least a sarcastic justification, if not a literal one. Decline and fall
again.
On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 5:18 PM, Lawrence Helm <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Trump has significant support, just not support by most of what we see on
TV, Netflix, or read in a lot of publications. Down here in a part of
California that usually votes for conservatives, I’ve seen a number of
articles in support of things Trump has done.
A lot of conservatives might well have wished for a different presidential
candidate, but whoever the party ran, they were convinced he or she would
be better than Hillary who provided a continuation of Obama policies. So
one might say that Trump won the election because he was running against
Hillary.
But not just that, there is an important voting segment in America
consisting of blue-collar workers who have resented corporations
outsourcing work to foreign countries and importing alien workers to
compete for their jobs. Trump in taking a populist stance, a stance taking
by many presidents and presidential candidates in the past, has appealed,
and still appeals, to them.
Bty, this Populist popularity isn’t restricted to Trump and the US, we see
it in Brexit. We see it in political movements in Europe. There is
something inherently wrong with welfare systems the depend on more and more
workers paying into them (foreign workers, since European birthrates have
dropped) when on the other hand most scientists are worried about global
warming which is contributed to by the “more and more” people welfare
systems need. Also, some people have started worrying about how many
people this planet can support.
Thus, many conservatives wish Trump was a classier, wish he would keep his
foot out of his mouth, hope he doesn’t start a nuclear war, but appreciate
his Populist point of view.
Lawrence
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trumpland
is the term to offensive?
(it is a long time i do not go
to the us hence probably out of focus)
but potus has massive support
or not?
i d be glad of your opinion
On Tue, 03 Oct 2017 at 03:52, Omar Kusturica <omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Amused or not....
On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 11:22 PM, Robert Paul <rpaul@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Ursula—millions of us down here are *not* amused by the word 'Trumpland.'
So, would you...? Thanks.
Robert
On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 5:48 AM, Ursula Stange <Ursula@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
If memory serves (warning: it doesn't always these days), I first heard of
Spengler through Henry Miller.
Ursula Stange
Somewhere north of Trumpland
I hadn’t heard of Spengler, peasant that I was, till I came to America.Somehow he is better remembered here.
David Ritchie,
Portland, Oregon
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