Re:Our World Is Going Full ‘Black Mirror’
by hash-set on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @12:43PM
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I wouldn't say "reeling" I would say "rejoicing"--we are desperate to get back any semblance of regular people having control over the levers of power in the US. ANY SEMBLANCE.
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Re:Our World Is Going Full ‘Black Mirror’
by untog on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @01:10PM
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I'm curious - how has anything Donald Trump done since becoming President Elect shown regular people having control over the levers of power? Best I can see, he's taking the same old Republicans (Giuliani, Gingrich) and reinstalling them into government, throwing in some lobbyists and his extremely rich son-in-law for good measure.
Re:Our World Is Going Full ‘Black Mirror’
by jmcmichael on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @01:12PM
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Seriously, Trump, Bannon, Guiliani, and the rest of those ghouls you consider to be 'regular people'?
Re:Our World Is Going Full ‘Black Mirror’
by selimthegrim on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @01:14PM
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Please enlighten us with your definition of "regular people" here and ask yourself if the line worker at a Ford factory is necessarily instantly qualified to the CEO.
Re:Our World Is Going Full ‘Black Mirror’
by aleeds on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @12:57PM
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Wow, I didn't know that a billionaire was a regular person. I guess anyone is a regular person then.
Re:Our World Is Going Full ‘Black Mirror’
by dragonwriter on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @03:14PM
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Okay, but outside of self-serving fantasy, how does Trump getting elected relate to that?
Except for the odd wealthy white nationalist exception, it's Washington insiders and lobbyists all around.
Seems to me you bought a can of snake oil.