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    Re: More penetrating good sense from JMGreer - Archived Message

    Posted by dovetailjoint on May 2, 2019, 3:17 pm, in reply to "More penetrating good sense from JMGreer -"

    One of the good things about JMGreer's writing style is that it's so 'slow and long' that lots of 'fools' are scared off by the effort of reading it and, therefore, most of the comments come from intelligent, educated and interesting people. There's probably a lesson there. Also, I think he's good a weeding-out the mindless trolls without mercy.

    The 'privileged progressives' at the Guardian/BBC spring to mind. Their lifestyle and position, is doomed and they just can't handle it. All this is even more obvious in the United States, where the rise of Trump has stunned them to the core. Huge swathes of voters have, for the first time in decades, probably since the 1930's, seen an opportunity, symbolised by Trump, of rejecting *both* political parties, which, over the last half century have increasingly come to resemble rival factions of the *same* one-party state.

    Only the 'progressives' cannot accept this, so they turn away and don't see it, put the telescope up to the blind eye and declare... 'I see no facts!'

    Trump wins big in 2020, as long as the economy holds up, that's my prediction.

    One of the comments mentioned the liberal/left, progressive, obsession with identity politics as a dangerous route to go down. I agree. In the 1930's this happened too, especially in Germany, where national and 'racial' identity came to dominate politics almost entirely. I wish the young progressive who embrace identity politics with such fervour would reflect on the powerful and dangerous ideas and forces they are stoking.

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