Who Can Beat Trump?

[Bob Butler 54]

(08-23-2018, 05:06 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote:

(08-23-2018, 04:05 PM)David Horn Wrote:

(08-23-2018, 03:43 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote: You are seeing obvious signs of a regeneracy going on right in front of your face. The time for S&H's as written, as used by blues and as promoted by its initial followers/believers has already come and gone for the most part. Yet, you're still clinging to it and treating it and using the theory as if it's set in stone. At some point, you have to scrap the theory that you were sold or some how or another convinced as being the truth or gospel and you need to begin to adjust and modify it to bring it in line with the times.

FWIW, both S&H were Republicans and Howe is still a libertarian.  They both expected quite a different outcome this time -- a revival of laisse faire capitalism.  So far, we have a faux version of fascism and a bunch of SJWs trying to create a perfect world.  Neither of those is feasible in the long run.

Well, from what I see, crony capitalism (faux version of fascism as you say) are now being shifted or voluntarily shifting over to your side where they belong.

Well, from what I see, from the age of slavery, to the Guilded Age, the New Deal, through the Southern Strategy, through the National Malaise, though Reagan's unravelling, the Republicans have always been the party of the rich capitalists.  The Republicans switched from being on the side of the slave to the side of the racists.  They switched from the side of isolation to the side of the worlds police.  They are ever the opportunists.  But the constant is in going with the capitalist class, crony capitalism.

I see fascists as being different.  I have no love for Republicans, but I wouldn't use 'fascist' to describe them.  They are different enough for their own label.

But, yes, some of the Democrats are playing on the capitalist side.  It has gotten to be lately that you win by letting the capitalists finance your campaign ads, not by serving the people.  This has begun to shift, with Trump defeating well financed well experienced establishment of both flavors.

But a rejection of ad money in favor of having a clean money trail hasn't caught on, and just saying you are for some of the People is not enough.