Friday, November 11, 2016

Klein is one of my favorites and here is her take on what is predictably happening on the left because of Hillary's defeat

First my suggestion. Read this now, then turn off your TV and your so-called Progressive news feeds, take a mental vacation to clear your brain of the political plaque, hate, fear, blame and victimization. The Democratic party is full of this and can go suck lemons .
Elite neoliberalism unleashed the Davos class. People such as Hillary and Bill Clinton are the toast of the Davos party. In truth, they threw the party. (photo: Ruben Sprich/Reuters)
Klein is author of Shock Doctrine, the rise of disaster capitalism and recently This Changes Everything about climate change. Both are radical critiques with which I strongly agree. Here she voices her critique of the mainstream Democratic establishment.

"They will blame James Comey and the FBI. They will blame voter suppression and racism. They will blame Bernie or bust and misogyny. They will blame third parties and independent candidates. They will blame the corporate media for giving him the platform, social media for being a bullhorn, and WikiLeaks for airing the laundry."

"But this leaves out the force most responsible for creating the nightmare in which we now find ourselves wide awake: neoliberalism. That worldview – fully embodied by Hillary Clinton and her machine – is no match for Trump-style extremism. The decision to run one against the other is what sealed our fate. If we learn nothing else, can we please learn from that mistake?"

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