Re:French election: Macron defeats Le Pen
by pottersbasilisk on Sunday May 07, 2017 @03:17PM
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Political outsider doesnt mean anti-establishment.
Trump is clearly anti-establishment.
Macron was pro-eu.
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I think it has been proven Trump isn't actually anti-establishment, that was just a lie he used during the campaign.
Re:French election: Macron defeats Le Pen
by BatFastard on Sunday May 07, 2017 @05:39PM
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Trump seems to be Pro-Trump, anything else is just convenience or political favor.
Has it been proven? One of his advisers is on the record stating that the cabinet was chosen to "deconstruct the administrative state"[1], and Trump proceeded to appoint individuals (at least 2 by my reckoning) with beliefs contrary to the missions of the agencies they lead.
Re:French election: Macron defeats Le Pen
by ZeroGravitas on Sunday May 07, 2017 @04:09PM
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I guess it depends on whether you think the EPA, and public schooling, have traditionally helped or hindered the "establishment".
If you think wars for oil in the mid-east etc. are what the establishment wants, then the scientists at the EPA are a threat to that.
If you think the establishment are Al Gore and his fellow communist hoaxers, then wrecking the EPA is an anti-elitists move.
True, he appointed terrible people to the head of some important organizations. Dismantling them could be labeled "anti-establishment" but if they were a net win for humanity and kill/downsizing is a net win for business, that is clearly the establishment trope of pandering to big business.