03-20-2017, 06:26 PM
(03-20-2017, 01:11 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: On the saeculum schedule, as I see, it, 2016 compares to 1852. Similar non-entities to Trump were elected in 1852 and 1856, whose incompetence led by the predominant party of the old order created the conditions for a national break-up.
Its historical incredible ignorant to compare Buchanan and Pierce to Trump. Buchanan looked back at 36 years in various offices, including secretary of state. You simply couldn´t be more political establishment then James Buchanan. And in this he is very comparable to Clinton. Buchanan and Pierce were very competent in the old ways to game the political system, they simply didn´t realized that the old rules didn´t worked anymore. Trump is a poltical outsider, who´s election blows the system up. This makes him comparable to Fremont and Lincoln. The problem is, he just is no Lincoln. The election may be a alternate version of 1856, where Fremont beats to everyones surprize Buchanan.