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https://occasionalplanet.org/2017/05/17/please-hillary-spare-us/ Progressive Voices Speaking Out Wed, 17 May 2017 21:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://occasionalplanet.org/2017/05/17/please-hillary-spare-us/#comment-16998 Wed, 17 May 2017 21:44:00 +0000 http://occasionalplanet.org/?p=37047#comment-16998 This brings to mind a photo that was making the internet rounds last year. It depicted the Clintons and the Trumps at a black tie event, standing together, all smiles and laughter. The caption read, “This is what democracy looks like?” We know the vast majority of politicians are incredibly wealthy (the Oligarchy) and there is the matter of the revolving door. Nevertheless, that photo painted a poignant picture of four people whose self-interests align. They thrive in a moneyed world completely removed from the one the rest of us struggle for survival in. As you have said in your piece about Trump’s psyche, Trump was able to reach his voters despite that isolation, Clinton was not. The harder it becomes for people to simply live in the real world, the more disruption and rebellion from the populace will occur. Unfortunately for us all, that includes having “presidents” like Trump.

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