Same thing on YouTube (the original, I guess), I find it more comfortable to watch there (I have to admit I watched it several times...):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLG9g7BcjKs
And, yes, if one still blames Facebook, FBI, moon phase etc., they have to watch this.
Hi,
While I agree with large parts of his
analysis rant, he skips one important reason why Trump got elected. He was the nominated presidential candidate of the Republican party, so they are to blame for not coming up with a better candidate.
In addition, they are also partly to blame for the disgruntlement of large groups in the population, because they tried everything possible to block any progress that could have come from an across-the-aisle / bi-partisan cooperation in congress, with the sole purpose of making Obama fail. Thus a monster of Frankenstein, Trump, was created and he got out of their control.
Other very valid reasons for Trump's election are indeed the superficial one-sided 'information' (due to so-called bubble filtering) people tend to get from the internet (Facebook/Google search hides alternative opinions/views based on one's prior searches/likes), and the simple fact that large groups of persons didn't vote for Trump, but they voted for the Republican candidate (regardless, or despite, of who that was). It seems that very few Republicans voted for a non-republican candidate. I think that the total turnout of voter numbers (as a percentage of growing population) was even lower than the previous election(s), so that would magnify the motivated (in part protest) voter's influence.
That is not to say that there is no reason for being disappointed in previous governments, but that's the USA for ya. A dwindling middle class is the result, and the gap between haves and have-nots is only going to increase. Blaming only one of the flavors of government is too simple, both are responsible for neglecting the people and going after personal gain and future lobbying positions. I do encourage to take notice of the TED talks by Lawrence Lessig, like the one about
Lesterland.
A basically 2 party system is also something that is not really helpful in mitigating the ill-thought through (or dubiously motivated) plans of either ruling party, so decisions (that could have been amended prior to implementation) by one government can be overturned by the next. This is not good for efficiency, predictability, and trust in government. In a somewhat different political system where coalitions (between several parties that in total represent a larger majority of the population) need to be forged to get laws to pass, there tends to be a more predictable evolution in lawmaking, gradually adapting to progressive insights that come with experience.
Anyway, Trump got elected, and that's what the system produced. People often tend to get the government that they deserve..., too bad that the rest of the world (that obviously had no say in the matter) also get to endure some of the negative consequences.
Cheers,
Bart
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