11-17-2017, 10:56 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-17-2017, 04:54 PM by pbrower2a.
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So what does "Make America Great Again" mean? I will concede that Trump's ideal America will be wonderful for any one who does not have to do real work just to survive. That's how things were in the Russia that President Trump admires. Don't fool yourself: Vladimir Putin shows the relics not of Communism but instead of tsarist Russia. It is easy to see why tsarist Russia so appeals to modern reactionaries like Donald Trump (if with an obvious qualification for his daughter and son-in-law).
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Hey -- admit it! Imperial Russia was a wonderful place so long as you weren't a toiler in a farm, weren't Jewish or gay, and had no conscience. Conspicuous consumption was much in vogue. Profits were high, so it was a great place to invest until World War I .
(OK, the cultural life and scientific community were very good, but those don't depend upon the rottenness of the social order).
Aristocratic orders are not at all democratic, even if everyone but the workers are well represented in the political system. Just modernize the styles and the technology, and you have the Trump dream.
Hey -- admit it! Imperial Russia was a wonderful place so long as you weren't a toiler in a farm, weren't Jewish or gay, and had no conscience. Conspicuous consumption was much in vogue. Profits were high, so it was a great place to invest until World War I .
(OK, the cultural life and scientific community were very good, but those don't depend upon the rottenness of the social order).
Aristocratic orders are not at all democratic, even if everyone but the workers are well represented in the political system. Just modernize the styles and the technology, and you have the Trump dream.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.