Mon Aug 10, 2015, 06:55 PM

Ring of Fire: Voters Are Rejecting The Ruling Class – The 1% Are Running Scared

Published on Aug 10, 2015

According to former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, the political surges of both Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders have much deeper meaning than most people have been willing to discuss. According to Reich, the surge of these two candidates represents a broader revolt against America’s ruling class.

Reich explains that the two candidates are both viewed as outsiders, and their growing support is a sign that the public is ready to do away with the ruling class that has dominated American politics for the last 30 years.

One of the most important points made is that this groundswell of support is not to be confused with the typical attraction that the public has towards newcomers in the political arena – Reich says that this attraction is much different.

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Ring of Fire: Voters Are Rejecting The Ruling Class – The 1% Are Running Scared (Original post)	mother earth	Aug 2015	OP
Damn ROF, what a stupid thing to say. Donald Trump (a billionaire) is the epitome of "the 1%".	Tarheel_Dem	Aug 2015	#1
But Trump appears as a political outsider. He is about carefully crafting a phony image.	Dont call me Shirley	Aug 2015	#2
No one's arguing that, it's the unpredicatability, MSM can't frame it & can't keep up with it.	mother earth	Aug 2015	#3
On the right, businessmen are regarded as outsiders, which is why	Betty Karlson	Aug 2015	#4
That alone is a win, he'll even go so far as an independent run if he's not successful with the GOP	mother earth	Aug 2015	#6
I read the updated edition of Varoufakis' "Global Minotaur"	Betty Karlson	Aug 2015	#7
But Trump Can't be bought by the other Billionaires, They can't control him.	Heather MC	Aug 2015	#5
he certainly is in the 1%	restorefreedom	Aug 2015	#9
A shameless kick, right into the backside of the l%. nt	mother earth	Aug 2015	#8

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Mon Aug 10, 2015, 06:58 PM

Tarheel_Dem (31,122 posts)

1. Damn ROF, what a stupid thing to say. Donald Trump (a billionaire) is the epitome of "the 1%".

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Mon Aug 10, 2015, 07:06 PM

Dont call me Shirley (10,998 posts)

2. But Trump appears as a political outsider. He is about carefully crafting a phony image.

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Mon Aug 10, 2015, 07:20 PM

mother earth (6,002 posts)

3. No one's arguing that, it's the unpredicatability, MSM can't frame it & can't keep up with it.

I can't defend ANYONE's admiration for Trump, on any level, that's what is trending though from the "right".

People are just plain fed up & this isn't going away, it translates to Bernie from the left, and Trump to the right. It is what it is.

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Tue Aug 11, 2015, 01:29 AM

Betty Karlson (7,231 posts)

4. On the right, businessmen are regarded as outsiders, which is why

they attract the support of those dissatisfied with the usual line-up of governors and sanators.

In addition, Trump's way of speaking appeals to those with knee-jerk reactions to old straight white man problems: his words are noticeably less polished than those of "experienced" politicians.

Thus, Trump can maintain the image of an outsider, which appeals to a large chuck of the GOP part of the 99%. (Because the GOP part of the 1 % collectively wants him to shut up, I tell you.)

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Tue Aug 11, 2015, 12:24 PM

mother earth (6,002 posts)

6. That alone is a win, he'll even go so far as an independent run if he's not successful with the GOP

nom. I say, go for it, and at the same time I get WHY that chunk of the GOP is fed up, they aren't being represented. The beauty of it may be that they are, maybe for the first time, realizing they never will be, not by a party that chooses Wall St. over Main St. every damn time.

You can't represent big money & be a champion for the people, one cancels out the other. Both parties are coming to that conclusion, finally...

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Tue Aug 11, 2015, 12:58 PM

Betty Karlson (7,231 posts)

7. I read the updated edition of Varoufakis' "Global Minotaur"

He colcludes that if the world economy will ever be revived, it will be because the USA developes a new global surplus recycling mechanism. That initiative will never come from Wall Steet. Mr. Sanders, and to a lesser extent Mr. O'Malley, are our best hopes of reviving the world economy, simply because they refuse to be beholden to Wall Street and its defunct and toxic theories.

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Tue Aug 11, 2015, 09:47 AM

Heather MC (8,084 posts)

5. But Trump Can't be bought by the other Billionaires, They can't control him.

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Wed Aug 12, 2015, 04:13 PM

restorefreedom (12,655 posts)

9. he certainly is in the 1%

but not a seasoned politician. and what's worse for the power brokers is that he can't be bought/bribed/threatened/guilted into doing anything for the ones that used to wield power.

the puppet masters are no longer in charge. sucks to be them.

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Wed Aug 12, 2015, 03:13 PM

mother earth (6,002 posts)

8. A shameless kick, right into the backside of the l%. nt

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