Comrades, Zombie thinks this Trump thing is not only going to work out okay, but represents a major, long-term defeat and setback for the progressive left. Not sure I agree, but wouldn’t it be nice?
Donald Trump’s victory in November was not only the most important election result of our lifetimes, but ranks as one of the most significant events in recorded history, on par with the French Revolution or the fall of the Berlin Wall. And I’ll tell you why.
Western society is super-saturated with leftist propaganda. Politically astute non-leftists see it everywhere and complain about it incessantly — because it is ubiquitous. In fact, most of our waking hours are spent noticing, commenting upon, getting outraged by and then futilely combatting the endless, relentless leftist slant to everything in modern culture.
Every news broadcast. Every movie. Every lesson in every classroom. Every social signifier in public. Every poll. Every TV show. Every tribal shibboleth. In ways large and small, overt and covert, subtle and blatant, the society around us is infused with progressive ideals and agendas, whether you realize it or not.
The term for this process, in Marxist theory, is cultural hegemony, a phrase that was coined by communist philosopher Antonio Gramsci to describe how the political power-structure of a society is always determined by the cultural norms of that society. A conservative-minded populace will always vote for conservative-minded leaders, so the way to achieve communism in advanced nations, he argued, would be to first change the culture so that progressive ideals become dominant, and then people will simply vote themselves into communism without the need for a revolution.
And then November 8, 2016 happened, and BOOM: It was all revealed to be a lie. Not only did the indoctrination fail, but the general impression that the relentless indoctrination had always been successful was itself a gigantic meta-deception.
Not sure Zombie is completely right. Yes, the Democrat-Socialists failed, but not necessarily because of their failed ideology or failed propaganda machines, but because both were hitched to a decrepit, corrupt, power-mad, brain-damaged NichteinmenschlichFrau who lost by thin margins in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin and won the popular vote (mainly due to “honor system” voting in California and other blue states. {“Hey, as long as you say you’re legal to vote, we’re not going to check.” 80 ballots sent to one two-bedroom apartment. Nothing suspicious here. }) There are still millions and millions of Americans who look at the socialist examples of Venezuela and Zimbabwe and say, “Yes, but we can make it work here!” I don’t assume the Democrat-Media complex has been defeated at all.
“I don’t assume the Democrat-Media complex has been defeated at all.”
I didn’t get the impression he was saying the Democrat-media complex has been defeated.
I understood him to mean “we” won the battle,not the war.
If that’s the case (winning the battle, not the war), then I’ll agree with that.
But I think it’s more like a rodent infestation. Set a bunch of traps, get most of them filled, see little evidence of activity and you think you’re done. But there’s usually more lurking somewhere, and eventually you realize you’ve just caught the stupid ones. The brighter ones are still gnawing and chewing and reproducing and nesting. Likewise, it appears that the modern party of the Democrats is top heavy with highly educated idiots who don’t really understand how e-mail and computers work (and yet, all the tech geniuses are Dem donors—how schizoid is that?).
The idiots tripped them up this time, but there are brighter ones out there plotting, planning, and figuring out how to pull the next snow job off on the dimwitted rubes who occupy the vast wasteland between the coasts and outside of the better-educated, more highly-informed urban cores. That’s what everyone rational needs to be concerned about. Sure, they will whoop and holler about everything #NotMyPresident does, but that’s just window dressing. The weaselly ones will be planning the next illegitimate takeover.
The first 6-months will tell if the Trump Revolution gets anywhere, or if Democratic and Republican resistance stymies any change at reforms. The First Hundred Days will certainly be entertaining; Congressional posturing, character assassination by Senate Committee, death by a thousand-dollar hotel suites.
“Revolution”
Ha ha. My goodness you are a niave fools. There is no “revolution.” The only thing you have done is elect a guy who promises less taxes coupled with higher infrastructure spending, higher defense spending and dirtier air/water.
Want an example?
Whats the first thing Trump does begore even getting into office? He struck an Obamaesque deal with Carrier
http://mediamatters.org/video/2016/12/07/wash-posts-george-will-there-name-trumps-carrier-deal-its-called-socialism/21475
You guys are set up for a sad four years….This is what happens when you allow yourself to be a tool of a foreign gov…
There’s one thing in political posturing that mike (#4) has brought up. The usual response to “no more environmental regulations” calls is “so you want dirty air and water?”. No. It’s more a case of our current regulations are good enough.
We are in for an interesting next four years. Ted B (#3) and RSG (#2) are probably right: how far are the professional politicians and the self-proclaimed elite going to take the slap in the face they got in November? Will it awaken them to what they should be doing, or will they keep trying their same games and damn the masses.
It’s over as long as the Republican Party removes the criminal 2%ers within its midst when forced out into the open. No more 2%er marxists nominated to the federal judiciary. A balanced court is not comprised of 2%er marxists appointed by 2%er progressive Republicans and Democrats hostile to the COTUS, the Bill of Rights and the rule of law. Strict constructionists/textualists, period. Enjoy your stay in the political wilderness. Secondly, economic boycotts by less than 2% of the population have absolutely no effect on GDP.
“It’s more a case of our current regulations are good enough”
I can live with that I dont love it but I can live with it. But Conservatives are promising to roll back environment regulations. So can we count on you to push back when conservatives start allowing coal plants built next door to your house?
The left is like a pit bull chewing on your leg. They never give up as they believe they are superior to others. They realize that they have the only way, and that is to force others to be like them. Like Winston Churchill said, “We will never surrender.”
“Strict constructionists/textualists, period”
But that doesn’t include Trump? In fact he has shown lots of flexibility in this regard amd appears ready to interpret the COTUS to fit his needs.
So do yiu throw him out?
@10, not even in office yet and the nominees still need to be vetted to make sure no closet 2%er marxists are appointed as was the case with Reagan. Enjoy your stay in the political wilderness for as long as you choose to remain to the COTUS, the Bill of Rights and the rule of law thanks to electronic media.
“remain to the COTUS”
remain hostile to the COTUS
I agree completely with the tone and sweep of the “Zombie” piece.
Sultan Knish wrote a wonderful piece the other day which I have abbreviated:
Hillary Clinton and her aged band of professional grifters and kleptocrats ran a coronation campaign in which the dowager Empress would just sit and rot while the party attended to running the culture, the spending, the taxing and the social engineering and community organizing.
Revolutions are not always overwhelmingly decisive. The Czars of the Democrat Politburo are shopworn and inbred. Shumer and Pelosi and Howard Dean are like Laurel and Hardy trying to move that piano down the long flight of steps. The Bernie Sanders millennials are dazed and confused and wondering where the pinko dazzle went. And nothing at all has changed with the MSM. They expected Trump to Twitter himself to oblivion. Then he was going to spontaneously combust durning a debate. Then he was going to go down in flames in the election. Now they are certain he will totally self destruct in the Oval Office. Delicious, delightful, devastating destruction is just around the corner and the demonizing, disdainful, duplicitous Democrats will be back to dredging the drudge of our days and destinies.
The Chanukah flame of possibilities for the Democrats is not from the fire in their belly; it is a flame of spite and hope for bitter disappointment which will drive the sheeple back to their web of deceit, division and domination.
The Democrats fervently believe that there is an endless supply of producers who will perpetually fund the underclass through a process of trickle down welfare. And, if they run out of saps in the USA, they can always sells worthless bonds to chumps throughout the “global economy” until they find another galaxy to invade with their ubiquitous schemes of taxation.
mikey’s just upset that someone who broke the Klan might be in the cabinet.
So, littlelettermikey, the fascist threatens me (@ #8) with a coal plant next to my house. Not gonna happen. Zoning. Heck, we knuckle draggers chases a cell tower away.
However, the coal fired electric plant of today has particulate filters in their smoke stacks to remove soot and ash. Then the “smoke” passes through a scrubber which sprays water and limestone dust and turns the sulfur dioxide into gypsum which is a useful byproduct. Progressives like littlelettermikey, the fascist are Luddites who tax animal farts and pretend that a Neanderthal diet of nuts and twigs are our fair share of Gaia’s bounty.
If over-the-top exaggeration is good enough for Progressives, it is also good enough for answering Progressives.
Color me pessimistic. Leftists, like mike, punch above their weight when it comes to politics.
Per article on Zerohedge, the GOP holds the majority of state legislatures and half of the governors’ mansions… the GOP holds both houses of Congress yet little changes.
The bureaucracy, with its hangers-on, run the show and the lefties pull the strings (owned by some very bad people, indeed).
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-01-01/how-george-soros-destroyed-democratic-party
Add to that the fact that there are a lot of people, of all political persuasion that think *their* claim on the public fisc really is legitimate – unlike the other freeloaders.
“Or the EPA telling a ranger in Wyoming to drain the pond he built to water his cattle because… well, just because”
Uh oh looks like the Russians are not giving you the full story again. Since you only get your news from Zerohedge and WND (on the payroll of the KGB) I am glad to help you out.
In the case of your rancher the guy wanted to put a cattle pond that would flow of into canals that irrigate food you eat and occasionally flowed into a river that goes to other communities water supply.
Damn right the EPA should regulate that. Thankfully he complied with the gov and didn’t have to pay that fine.
mike – first off, I’ve always been amazed at how often business will hang a “kick me” sign on its own butt (e.g. the Epipen fiasco… or some bank caught signing up customers for accounts they don’t want). Accordingly, I believe gov’t oversight is crucial.
I don’t think anyone thinks gov’t should regulate nothing at all.
The problem is overreach. Here’s a woman in CA facing jail time for “cooking without a license”.
http://time.com/4561555/209-food-spot-facebook-ceviche/
It’s not far from police action to shutdown lemonade stands and church bake sales. Are they protecting us? Harassing us? Or making social & civic life more difficult?
Or there’s the guy in Oregon (I think) in trouble for capturing rainwater on his property… one of his “reservoirs” (ponds to normal people) has existed for 37 years (and was permitted at one time).
These are fine examples of regulators with too much time on their hands… common sense tells us that their jobs are redundant.
I don’t understand how we can have gov’t prowling the hinterlands for raw milk or unlicensed pies while being utterly incapable of shutting down scams (e.g. collection calls from the “IRS”); a gov’t the confiscates Kinger Eggs and French pastries at the border while turning a blind eye to thousands of people form who-knows-where strolling across the border.
The pond was connected to Six Mile Creek south of Fort Bridger. Stock ponds are exempt from the Clean Water Act and the stream has to be under federal jurisdiction. It has to open into a navigable waterway. Andy Johnson had sought and received a permit for the pond through the Wyoming State Engineer’s Office and received the permit confirming that the stock pond met all of the legal requirements. The Pacific Legal Foundation represented Johnson in federal court and won. As a sop to the butt-hurting EPA, Johnson agreed to plant some dormant live willows and build a livestock control fence on the north side of the pond. The EPA agreed not to sue or take administrative action against Johnson. The EPA was saved from admitting any fault. Johnson got to keep his pond and he did not have to pay $37,500 in fines for every day he kept the pond. He also agreed not to sue the EPA for overstepping its authority and causing him needless mental grief. You may read about the case here.
littlelettermikey, the fascist is all squirmy about cattle peeing and pooping and spitting in water that may end up irrigating his rutabagas. Suppose the cattle are pumped full of growth hormones and antibiotics and the rutabagas become carriers of Munchausen’s by Proxy syndrome by masquerading as organic peaches. Or something. What the littlelettermikey fool does not comprehend is the concept of manure. Animal urine forms part of the nitrogen cycle. In balanced ecosystems it fertilizes soil and plants. Fish pee in the water. Rabbits poop in the carrots. Saprobiotic bacteria go to work on ammonia and nitrogen fixing bacteria concentrate nitrates. Throw in a little sun, a little water, some lightning strikes and poop and pee and vomit and spit are assimilated in the wonderful world of stuff growing.
littlelettermikey, the fascist only eats phony “organic” because he does not want to subject himself to the facts of life. W.C. Fields said he never drinks water because fish
f**kmate in it. So, ittlelettermikey, the fascist be sure to shop at Whole Foods and to always get the advice of the 17 year old worker in Birkenstocks before you choose your almonds. Don’t ever buy anything but organic food. The inorganic stuff tastes like chemicals. And if it is labeled “organic” you might want to hurt your brain by tracking down exactly what that means and how you can actually know if you are not being conned. Which you are. It is not the same as kosher and halal but it has become a cult among the naive. Warning: if you don’t know your grower, you don’t know your “organic.”In truth, organic means shit for fertilizer.