Four years ago, I wrote a sort-of tongue-in-cheek story for Kuro5hin.org (RIP) titled "Humanity's Second-Best Hope" [1]. I pointed out that the Democratic president had failed to deliver on the Change he had promised, and shared my faint hope that maybe Mitt Romney was a "political gladiator" who'd flip on the plutocracy once he was elected.
At some point in this election cycle, I noticed dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams' blog. On August 13, 2015 Scott had a post about Donald Trump titled "Clown Genius" [2]:
Like many of you, I have been entertained by the
unstoppable clown car that is Donald Trump. On the
surface, and several layers deep as well, Trump appears
to be a narcissistic blow-hard with inadequate
credentials to lead a country.
The only problem with my analysis is that there is an
eerie consistency to his success so far. Is there a
method to it? Is there some sort of system at work under
the hood?
Probably yes. Allow me to describe some of the hypnosis
and persuasion methods Mr. Trump has employed on you. ...
For the entire election cycle, the political media promoted Hillary Clinton as the presidential heir-apparent, as if she was The Chosen One. Usually the plutocracy runs a Chosen candidate against a backup - someone who, even if fickle voters decided to not select the Chosen candidate, would still be useful to them.
Donald Trump was not a backup candidate. He was give free coverage during the primaries because he was considered a clown-candidate that wouldn't be taken seriously, it was an easy story, and because it was thought that The Chosen One could beat him. This was covered in one of the Wikileaks emails...
Donald Trump is the Gladiator that Mitt Romney was not. I'm optimistic.
[1] http://www.TaxiWars.org/humanitys-second-best-hope/
Alas, Mitt Romney was no gladiator.
At some point in this election cycle, I noticed dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams' blog. On August 13, 2015 Scott had a post about Donald Trump titled "Clown Genius" [2]:
[2] http://blog.dilbert.com/post/126589300371/clown-geniusFor the entire election cycle, the political media promoted Hillary Clinton as the presidential heir-apparent, as if she was The Chosen One. Usually the plutocracy runs a Chosen candidate against a backup - someone who, even if fickle voters decided to not select the Chosen candidate, would still be useful to them.
Donald Trump was not a backup candidate. He was give free coverage during the primaries because he was considered a clown-candidate that wouldn't be taken seriously, it was an easy story, and because it was thought that The Chosen One could beat him. This was covered in one of the Wikileaks emails...
Donald Trump is the Gladiator that Mitt Romney was not. I'm optimistic.