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"America’s system of government, and the constitution on which it is built, was
created in different times and for different circumstances and purposes, and it
has changed very little since then.
Many of its components, such as the way elections are conducted, are battered
and worn from centuries of use and abuse. So it would not be surprising if
America faced a second revolution, 250 years after the first. This may be the
best way to understand what is happening today.
Ever since that day in 2015 when Donald Trump announced his intention to run
for president, he has been by far the most important figure in American
politics. It is a remarkable record.
Since George Washington, no figure in American history has dominated US
politics so completely for so long except Franklin D. Roosevelt. But FDR worked
his political magic through artful manipulation of Washington’s constitutional
machinery and norms. Trump has dominated American politics by flagrantly and
gleefully challenging and violating them.
That is what gives his ascendancy the feeling of a second American Revolution.
This revolution is also the product of discontent in the US electorate,
fragility in key political institutions and turmoil in American conservative
ideology.
But Trump is at the heart of it. His remarkable character is the catalyst that
gives those other factors their power and effect. And character is what the
Trump phenomenon is all about."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
