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Donald Trump is the president-elect of the U.S.

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Re: Donald Trump is the president-elect of the U.S.

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Post by ohwello »

thewarrior wrote: post #44

It is possible to view this as an isolated event or a trend. Coming on the heels of BREXIT this is a trend. The attempts at building an interconnected globalised world are beginning to fail. A bunch of elites decided to create their own trans-national utopia unchecked by borders and dismissed all criticism as racist or bigoted. The globalisation project has been rejected by a majority of the population. Whether it is…

>The globalisation project has been rejected by a majority of the population.

A majority of something, but probably not the population: http://www.nytimes.com/elections/forecast/president?action=c...

Re: Donald Trump is the president-elect of the U.S.

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Post by hubert123 »

acjohnson55 wrote: post #52

This is utter madness. If we're lucky, this wheels fall off this whole enterprise and these people are discredited before they do too much harm. It's deeply frustrating to hear so much crap analysis of what's been going on. If we're really honest with ourselves about what's happening, we're seeing a massive vote for protectionism of a particular demographics that have long enjoyed it. People talk a lot about the forg…

> To be really blunt, Trump's entire track record says "if you're white and wealthy, I've obviously got your back", and his words have said, "if you're white and struggling, it's brown people who stand in your way". In that way, he's managed to get an extremely energetic white vote.

yeah and exactly because of this kind of insane, bogus "analysis" you lost. When or if you find back the connection to reality, you will realize how Trump actually won. By talking about real issues that nobody else even dares to touch.

Re: Donald Trump is the president-elect of the U.S.

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Post by jrockway »

Who knew that not paying any taxes, asking your "second amendment people" to finish off your opponent, and using your position of power and authority to sexually assault people could lead to becoming the most powerful person in the free world.

We live in the darkest of times.

Re: Donald Trump is the president-elect of the U.S.

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Post by estefan »

Artoemius wrote: post #25

Brexit, then this. Life on Earth is becoming unpredictable again. A bit scary, but fun. It was way too boring.

"Fun" in the "emboldens Russian aggression safe in the knowledge the US won't back up NATO" sense? I think this is a complete disaster for world peace. I genuinely wouldn't be surprised to see Europe involved in a major war with Russia in the next 2 years. If that happens China will seize the moment too.

Also having someone who thinks climate change is a lie in the White House will affect everyone. He should ask the inhabitants of Delhi whether they think climate change is a lie [1].

[1] http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/08/world/asia/india-delhi-smo...

Re: Donald Trump is the president-elect of the U.S.

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Post by ZenoArrow »

smegel wrote: post #2

Every pollster/pundit quit your job now. Edit: I know, not EVERY one of them.

The thing is, the actions of those pundits worked in Trump's favour. Clinton was seen as a political insider, any one-sided story could be seen by Trump supporters as the establishment trying to protect one of their own. I lost count of the number of YouTube videos with one-sided Trump bashing leaving people in the comments saying it made them more likely to vote for Trump.

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Post by jrockway »

thewarrior wrote: post #44

It is possible to view this as an isolated event or a trend. Coming on the heels of BREXIT this is a trend. The attempts at building an interconnected globalised world are beginning to fail. A bunch of elites decided to create their own trans-national utopia unchecked by borders and dismissed all criticism as racist or bigoted. The globalisation project has been rejected by a majority of the population. Whether it is…

Globalization isn't the problem. Computerization is.

Other countries are not taking "our" jobs. We simply don't need those jobs anymore. Taxes on foreign labor will only do one thing: subsidize robots.

We're going to spend billions of dollars on a big wall, and I guarantee you we're not going to have a lot more jobs after that. (The wall itself is a pretty big project though.)

Re: Donald Trump is the president-elect of the U.S.

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Post by fgandiya »

prostoalex wrote: post #40
fgandiya wrote: post #16

Ah well, and his party has house and Senate too. I've been looking through his policies and I'm amazed at how he won. I'm gonna be angry about this for an hour before I give find something else to do.

> his party That's a fairly broad statement https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Republicans_opposing...

Fair enough, bit he ran under the Rep ticket...
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