02-24-2017, 03:43 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-24-2017, 03:44 PM by Eric the Green.)
(02-24-2017, 03:19 PM)TeacherinExile Wrote: CPAC Offers Utterly Uninspiring Vision for Millennials
Steve Bannon said yesterday that "economic nationalism" is a core tenet of Trump's vision. If that be true, the single largest generation in US history has to be asking, "What's in it for Me-llenials?" Not much that I can see so far. I say that the political alignment--if not loyalty--of this huge cohort is still up for grabs.
Bannon's economic nationalism appears to be mainly neo-liberalism (somewhat in disguise, since economic nationalism usually involves tariffs which are not laissez faire). Bannon seeks to destroy all the government agencies that restrain or regulate economic activity. This is based on the neo-liberal doctrine of libertarian laissez faire (lazy and un-fair), and Bannon and Trump assume that implementing this kind of anarchism will release capitalism from its shackles and thus revive the economy and "make America great again." But in addition it appears to be laissez faire in one country (to plagiarize Stalin, Bannon's buddy), which involves stopping immigration and restricting trade, and generally building walls to make America white again. Nationalism is frequently a cover name for racism and xenophobia, which are not only good fear-based campaign tactics, but actual priorities on the part of Bannon/Trump.
