America is a sick society

[radind]

(01-07-2017, 05:54 PM)pbrower2a Wrote:

(01-07-2017, 09:31 AM)radind Wrote:

(01-07-2017, 05:51 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: The world is safe enough with the USA as a benign superpower. It is in mortal danger with the USA as an Evil Empire. So what is the difference between a benign superpower and an Evil Empire? A moral or at least cautious leader... and an evil, reckless one.

Much that was unthinkable two years ago or unlikely two months ago stares us in the face. A benign republic becomes an Evil Empire in two weeks.

You see the USA becoming Evil. I see the USA becoming better.
-We must wait for results to see what actually happens. 
For now , all we have is speculation.

How does it get better? We get for all practical practical purposes a single-Party system.We have a ruling elite which believes that no human suffering is in excess so long as there is a profit to be had from it. The President-Elect is a demagogue and a sociopath. Corporate lobbyists wield the real power in the legislative branch. We will have an economic order with no mercy.

I do not see Donald Trump becoming a good person. He acts like a juvenile delinquent who never grew up. Had he been brought up poor he would be a gangster -- and still dangerous. If he were middle class he would be the sort of businessman who operates a sleazy business -- maybe some real-estate dealer who sells troubled properties and tells gulled  customers "Sorry, I can;t do anything more", or the operator of a bait-and-switch outfit.

It is as if Gilded-Age politicians of the 1920s and earlier and southern racist agrarians have joined in establishing an anti-worker system. Sure, there will be work -- but it will be paid far less.

We have totally different views of the situation. I was concerned about the future of the USA if Clinton had been elected.
I expect reforms to help US business and jobs. We will know later.