Re:Capitalism Is Collapsing and Nothing Is Rising to Replace It
by Gupie on Wednesday January 11, 2017 @10:31AM
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Well, Trump definitely ousted the professional politicians and his cabinet is full of the very rich.
Re:Capitalism Is Collapsing and Nothing Is Rising to Replace It
by jcranmer on Wednesday January 11, 2017 @10:40AM
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What happened after the election is that a lot of those people decided to try to convince themselves that maybe a Trump administration won't be so bad, but yes, they were very-much anti-Trump on election day.
Re:Capitalism Is Collapsing and Nothing Is Rising to Replace It
by cylinder on Wednesday January 11, 2017 @11:31AM
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And not to mention Clinton spent about $1 billion from very large donors on a very industrialized campaign based on TV advertising and direct mail, while Trump spent $60 million made up of small donations. To say presidential elections are won by big money oligarchs is kind of silly.
Re:Capitalism Is Collapsing and Nothing Is Rising to Replace It
by alphabettsy on Wednesday January 11, 2017 @12:26PM
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$60 Million? He put in over $60 Million of just his own money so that figure is off bigly! Big money put their money into PACs on both sides so it's impossible to say they have/had no effect.
WAPost: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/2016-electi...
Forture: http://fortune.com/2016/12/09/donald-trump-campaign-spending...
Re:Capitalism Is Collapsing and Nothing Is Rising to Replace It
by amalag on Wednesday January 11, 2017 @10:16AM
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Yes Trump was not very establishment. I have to think in the really high circles he was known more as a flashy con-man.
Re:Capitalism Is Collapsing and Nothing Is Rising to Replace It
by wavefunction on Wednesday January 11, 2017 @10:24AM
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Flashy con-men have their uses.
This strikes me as an extremely odd reading of the election results. The establishment (which oligarchs are almost by definition part of) was by and large very much anti-Trump.