11-09-2016, 08:44 PM
(11-09-2016, 07:18 PM)pbrower2a Wrote:(11-09-2016, 01:26 PM)radind Wrote:(11-09-2016, 01:16 PM)taramarie Wrote: Guys, the world is not laughing. The world is disgusted and terrified. There is nothing to laugh at here.A little patience. In my view the USA will be better without Clinton.
I expect Trump to be better than many anticipate.
He will 'not be that bad' because he won't be able to get away with some of his campaign rhetoric. Much of America fears Donald Trump, and such fears as many have will not be implemented.
In the event of a really nasty meltdown of the economy, many illegal aliens will self-deport. This will be far more effective than any deportation force.
I expect a Trump Administration to be a worker's nightmare as the Reactionary Party will finally get to pass a nationwide Right to Work law that will eviscerate unions. Workplace safety will deteriorate severely, with more people dying or being crippled on the job. It will also be a bane of those with environmental concerns, as he will almost certainly be the best possible friend of polluters.
I see him as very much a divider, largely because he will force liberals and Democrats into irrelevance for at least his first term.
I predict that the gains of minorities in economic results will stall, with many young adults finding no roles for them. I predict that we will have riots at least as bad as those of the '60s -- and Donald Trump and Republican governors will over-react.
Can one lead by ensuring that 45% of the electorate can remain permanently irrelevant? Maybe . If so, then America will steadily degenerate. In some places on the periphery, liberals will seek independence... and get it. But that suggests a Yugoslav-style breakup, something very possible in a 4T. It would take only a few years for a large state like California to secede from America.
I'm ready to go soon. California had the largest Democratic vote for president of any state besides Hawaii this year. We delivered a big fuck you repudiation to the fuck-you repudiator that the heartland elected.
And if fortunes change and Trump is voted out in 2020, I'm ready to let Texas secede to its heart's content, and any other state that wants to go.
Smaller is beautiful. We don't need this crazy thing called the USA anymore. We can't get along, and it's too big for the people to handle. Brexit-plus!