To make things even worse, we often outright mock anyone who can’t keep up, or doesn’t fit in with the new order. We call them dumb. Idiots. Religious freaks. Rednecks. Thugs. Hoodlums. Ghetto trash. White trash.
The language we use to talk about those who have been left behind is rife with nasty attempts to turn them into lesser humans. We use the tactics of racism, and apply it to economic losers.
If you hate racism, then you really really really should hate any economic and social system that creates and rewards massive inequality. Because when you get that. You get racism.
And that is the system we have built and now have. That is the system that most everyone screaming about the dumb racists is part of, usually supports, and wins from.
– From the post: Thoughts on Brexit from Someone Who Spends Time in the “Forgotten Places”
In order to prevent people from mischaracterizing my point of view, I want to once again make something completely clear. I do not support Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, and will not be voting for either in 2016. My intent had been to once again vote for Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson, but recent comments to Politico about how he would support the TPP have prompted me to pull back. I don’t know if there’s anyone I can vote for in November. Nevertheless, the purpose of this article is to provide some political analysis for those interested in that sort of thing.
Trump experienced a horrible period from mid-May to mid-June, which culminated in the dismissal of campaign manager Corey Lewandowski. Based on my Twitter feed, Trump is finished. I’ve been incessantly bombarded with articles highlighting an ever widening lead for Hillary Clinton nationally in the polls. So is Trump finished? Not by a long shot.
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