King Trump: Another Ruling Class President

[georgephillip]

Over 30 years ago a leftist perspective likened the capitalist marketplace to a corporate prison. A subsequent writer has noted how US corporations rule over local communities like medieval Kings over feudal serfs, namely "by exercising ownership over the means of production in the US economy."

"The fundamental contradiction between bottom-up democratic pretense and top-down class-rule reality is nothing new in American history.

"The New England clergyman Jeremy Belknap captured the fundamental idea behind the U.S. Founders’ curious notion of what they liked to call 'popular government.' 'Let it stand as a principle,' Belknap wrote to an associate in the late 1780s, 'that government originates from the people, but let the people be taught…that they are unable to govern themselves.'

"Consistent with Belknap’s advice, the U.S. Constitution was structured precisely and quite brilliantly to encode and enforce the impossibility of the Founders’ ultimate nightmare: popular sovereignty.

"American history remains haunted by the darkly democidal enshrinement of the 'first new nation’s' crippling charter. The document invokes 'We the people' and 'the general welfare' only to set up a government dedicated to the hegemony of the propertied Few.
http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/04/21/donald-trump-ruling-class-president/
King Trump's presidency is just another way of saying Americans have no way to vote against Goldman Sachs.

 

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US Now B-O-M-B-I-N-G Somalia, Guess Why?

spreading democracy and stealing your oil...
Cali Tucker ~ With Or Without You (U2) Cover

 

[georgephillip]

US Now B-O-M-B-I-N-G Somalia, Guess Why?

spreading democracy and stealing your oil...
Cali Tucker ~ With Or Without You (U2) Cover

Trump's another example of how to get richer from killing the poor:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/22/us-action-al-shabaab-somalia-millions-famine-drought

"Trump’s offensive to ‘wipe out’ al-Shabaab threatens more pain for Somalis"

 

[Colorforms]

Over 30 years ago a leftist perspective likened the capitalist marketplace to a corporate prison. A subsequent writer has noted how US corporations rule over local communities like medieval Kings over feudal serfs, namely "by exercising ownership over the means of production in the US economy."

"The fundamental contradiction between bottom-up democratic pretense and top-down class-rule reality is nothing new in American history.

"The New England clergyman Jeremy Belknap captured the fundamental idea behind the U.S. Founders’ curious notion of what they liked to call 'popular government.' 'Let it stand as a principle,' Belknap wrote to an associate in the late 1780s, 'that government originates from the people, but let the people be taught…that they are unable to govern themselves.'

"Consistent with Belknap’s advice, the U.S. Constitution was structured precisely and quite brilliantly to encode and enforce the impossibility of the Founders’ ultimate nightmare: popular sovereignty.

"American history remains haunted by the darkly democidal enshrinement of the 'first new nation’s' crippling charter. The document invokes 'We the people' and 'the general welfare' only to set up a government dedicated to the hegemony of the propertied Few.
http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/04/21/donald-trump-ruling-class-president/
King Trump's presidency is just another way of saying Americans have no way to vote against Goldman Sachs.

Popular sovereignty = mob rule.

It wasn't "encoded" in the constitution. It was stated flat out. The founders wanted to protect people from the "tyranny of the masses".

 

[worldlymrb]

Funny how the ruling class suddenly hate their own.

 

[worldlymrb]

Popular sovereignty = mob rule.

It wasn't "encoded" in the constitution. It was stated flat out. The founders wanted to protect people from the "tyranny of the masses".

Your correct.

Our founders understood the history of democracy for what it was. Two wolves and a sheep voting for dinner and a short lived form of government at that.

 

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Trump's another example of how to get richer from killing the poor:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/22/us-action-al-shabaab-somalia-millions-famine-drought

"Trump’s offensive to ‘wipe out’ al-Shabaab threatens more pain for Somalis"

You do know that al-Shabaab is running a Civil War and makes attacks on the government daily? Our military presence in the area was stepped up under Obama, and Somalia elected their new leader pledging to wipe out al-Shabaab within two years. It's not a war of aggression by the west, it is an internal conflict. You are framing this as "Trump's offensive" ... this is more like another mess that happens to be coming to a head at this time, like North Korea. Had Clinton won, it would still be happening.

 

[georgephillip]

Popular sovereignty = mob rule.

It wasn't "encoded" in the constitution. It was stated flat out. The founders wanted to protect people from the "tyranny of the masses".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_sovereignty

"Popular sovereignty or the sovereignty of the people's rule, is the principle that the authority of a state and its government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives (Rule by the People), who are the source of all political power..."

"Americans founded their Revolution and government on popular sovereignty, but the term was also used in the 1850s to describe a highly controversial approach to slavery in the territories as propounded by senator Stephen A. Douglas. It meant that local residents of a territory would be the ones to decide if slavery would be permitted, and it led to bloody warfare in Bleeding Kansas as violent proponents and enemies of slavery flooded Kansas territory in order to decide the elections."

A small minority of US founders wanted to protect chattel slavery from democracy.

Today their philosophical descendants use similar arguments to defend capitalism's wage slavery.

Some people never learn.

 

[georgephillip]

You do know that al-Shabaab is running a Civil War and makes attacks on the government daily? Our military presence in the area was stepped up under Obama, and Somalia elected their new leader pledging to wipe out al-Shabaab within two years. It's not a war of aggression by the west, it is an internal conflict. You are framing this as "Trump's offensive" ... this is more like another mess that happens to be coming to a head at this time, like North Korea. Had Clinton won, it would still be happening.

I completely agree Clinton loves war at least as much as Trump, but I'm wondering if our increased military presence in Somalia will impede humanitarian relief?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/22/us-action-al-shabaab-somalia-millions-famine-drought

"A new US-backed military offensive against Islamist militants in Somalia could undermine the massive international effort to help millions of people threatened by the worst drought there in more than 40 years, aid officials in the unstable east African state fear.

"More than £50m has been raised by individual donors in the UK and the British government has contributed another £110m to help avert hundreds of thousands of deaths in Somalia. More than six million people there are in need of immediate assistance, with half of them facing famine.

"British officials in Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital, said that the effort was 'unprecedented'. The UN target of raising $835m (£654m) has largely been met, raising hopes that a repeat of the tragedy of the 2011 famine, which killed 250,000 people in the country, will be averted. However, aid workers in Somaliawarn that any significant offensive, especially if accompanied by the use of air power, could have a devastating effect on relief operations."

 

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I completely agree Clinton loves war at least as much as Trump, but I'm wondering if our increased military presence in Somalia will impede humanitarian relief?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/22/us-action-al-shabaab-somalia-millions-famine-drought

"A new US-backed military offensive against Islamist militants in Somalia could undermine the massive international effort to help millions of people threatened by the worst drought there in more than 40 years, aid officials in the unstable east African state fear.

"More than £50m has been raised by individual donors in the UK and the British government has contributed another £110m to help avert hundreds of thousands of deaths in Somalia. More than six million people there are in need of immediate assistance, with half of them facing famine.

"British officials in Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital, said that the effort was 'unprecedented'. The UN target of raising $835m (£654m) has largely been met, raising hopes that a repeat of the tragedy of the 2011 famine, which killed 250,000 people in the country, will be averted. However, aid workers in Somaliawarn that any significant offensive, especially if accompanied by the use of air power, could have a devastating effect on relief operations."

Their new president is offering amnesty to al-Shabaab soldiers, and pledging to wipe out whoever keeps fighting. Meanwhile, al-Shabaab continues attacking the capital daily. Is the government using the drought to pressure the locals? absolutely. timing in war is everything. While Jimmy Dore claims in the video I put up that al-Shabaab are not really terrorists, they did join Al-Quada in 2012 and they have attacked in Kenya also, so they are plugged into the world terrorist network, if such a thing exists. This conflict has been going on in Somalia forever, the generation that grew up under al-Shabaab rule is now what comprises its fighting ranks, so that whole territory under drought is feeding the revolt. The government is not going to show them any mercy, not unless they come forward for amnesty and break ranks with the rebels.

It doesn't help when BP discovers oil in their coastal waters.

Trump is definitely another ruling class leader, but he also represents a split with the globalists, as do the far right and far left presidential candidates in France's election ... the polls for which will be closing in about 25 minutes; the two centrist candidates are for staying in the EU, the two extremists are for Frexit... the top two vote getters from today will go head to head in a runoff election.

 

[georgephillip]

This conflict has been going on in Somalia forever, the generation that grew up under al-Shabaab rule is now what comprises its fighting ranks, so that whole territory under drought is feeding the revolt. The government is not going to show them any mercy, not unless they come forward for amnesty and break ranks with the rebels.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/22/us-action-al-shabaab-somalia-millions-famine-drought

"But Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, the newly elected president of Somalia, and President Donald Trump have both signalled an imminent offensive against al-Shabaab, an Islamist extremist group allied to al-Qaida that controls much of the region worst hit by the drought.

"Mohamed, a dual US-Somali national, pledged earlier this month to deliver on his campaign promise to rid his country of the group. At a press conference last month, he offered an amnesty to al-Shabaab militants who surrendered within 60 days, but warned the rest would 'face the consequences … a new war'.

"Trump recently designated the country a 'zone of active hostilities', allowing commanders greater authority when launching airstrikes, broadening the range of possible targets and relaxing restrictions on the use of air power designed to prevent civilian casualties."

Do you know if Trump, Inc has any business interests in the area?

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/22/us-action-al-shabaab-somalia-millions-famine-drought

"But Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, the newly elected president of Somalia, and President Donald Trump have both signalled an imminent offensive against al-Shabaab, an Islamist extremist group allied to al-Qaida that controls much of the region worst hit by the drought.

"Mohamed, a dual US-Somali national, pledged earlier this month to deliver on his campaign promise to rid his country of the group. At a press conference last month, he offered an amnesty to al-Shabaab militants who surrendered within 60 days, but warned the rest would 'face the consequences … a new war'.

"Trump recently designated the country a 'zone of active hostilities', allowing commanders greater authority when launching airstrikes, broadening the range of possible targets and relaxing restrictions on the use of air power designed to prevent civilian casualties."

Do you know if Trump, Inc has any business interests in the area?

I know that the conditions of the Trust that Trump put all his companies into stipulates that his kids are not to start any new business overseas while he is in office.

I'm sure he has business interests in the area, he's like a global brand name, he's everywhere.

 

[georgephillip]

I know that the conditions of the Trust that Trump put all his companies into stipulates that his kids are not to start any new business overseas while he is in office.

I'm sure he has business interests in the area, he's like a global brand name, he's everywhere.

http://time.com/4629308/donald-trump-business-deals-world-map/#trump_map

"Donald Trump's Many, Many Business Dealings in 1 Map"

"Indonesia

"In 2015, the Trump Hotels Collection announced a deal with Indonesian company PT Media Nusantara Citra (MNC) to build a golf course and luxury hotel in West Java, as well as another overlooking the Indian Ocean in Bali. According to his personal financial disclosure statement, Trump raked in up to $5 million in royalties for each of the properties, which the Trump Organization says are so luxurious they will merit 'six-star' ratings.

"Trump's subsequent campaign threat to bar Muslims from entering the U.S. generated protests in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority country. But at the height of the controversy, MNC Group's billionaire founder Hary Tanoesoedibjo stayed quiet on the then-Republican candidate's politics. Media mogul Tanoesoedibjo, one of the 30 richest people in Indonesia, formed a new political party last year and says he is considering a presidential bid in 2019. Back to map."

Do you get the feeling Trump's on the wrong side of the class war and/or history?

 

[Days]

http://time.com/4629308/donald-trump-business-deals-world-map/#trump_map

"Donald Trump's Many, Many Business Dealings in 1 Map"

"Indonesia

"In 2015, the Trump Hotels Collection announced a deal with Indonesian company PT Media Nusantara Citra (MNC) to build a golf course and luxury hotel in West Java, as well as another overlooking the Indian Ocean in Bali. According to his personal financial disclosure statement, Trump raked in up to $5 million in royalties for each of the properties, which the Trump Organization says are so luxurious they will merit 'six-star' ratings.

"Trump's subsequent campaign threat to bar Muslims from entering the U.S. generated protests in Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority country. But at the height of the controversy, MNC Group's billionaire founder Hary Tanoesoedibjo stayed quiet on the then-Republican candidate's politics. Media mogul Tanoesoedibjo, one of the 30 richest people in Indonesia, formed a new political party last year and says he is considering a presidential bid in 2019. Back to map."

Do you get the feeling Trump's on the wrong side of the class war and/or history?

Let's see how his presidency pans out... he ran on a populist platform. He's definitely the unicorn in Washington DC these days; they've never seen anything like him.

 

[georgephillip]

Populism or crony capitalism on steroids?

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...mp-populism-america-first-20170309-story.html

"In sum, Trump's emotion-laden campaign promises turn to dust when he actually tries to implement them. In the real world, populism has few concrete, viable solutions to offer the United States.

"Not surprisingly, when Americans see how it works in practice, they recoil against the mean-spirited anti-immigrant measures, an alliance with anti-democratic kleptocrats and the reverse Robin Hood schemes that widen the inequality gap.

"Bannon's mumbo-jumbo about 'deconstruction of the administrative state' apparently means a healthcare scheme which keeps much of Obamacare's architecture (but favors rich people), enhanced police powers to go after hard-working immigrants and refusal to touch Medicare and Social Security.

"Populism hence becomes Robber Baron-ism."