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Reply to "A realignment in American politics underway"

Kari posted:

The conservative movement is being torn asunder by Trump in a way that  Bernie Sanders exposed the Democrats in the Primaries. The issue is that there is a realignment in American politics under way that will be crystallized in a couple of election cycles. That realignment is because governance by both parties failed the average American.

 
President Obama is one who recognized this change, its reasons and know how to attempt to mitigate its effects. This realignment I speak about is driven by how technology is changing income and jobs. I hypothesize it's not about Trade Agreements; it is not about Immigration to America by non-whites and people of non-Christian persuasion. Technological advancement (the gig economy or sharing economy or autonomous virtual intelligence - whatever you want to call it) will mean the day will come when there will be no work, except for a tiny few, and government's job will be to provide for a citizenry that is not needed for work.
 
Trump gave voice to the perceived ills - the elites and special interests being among them, and the baggage that Hillary bears. With the white demographics as is, Trump will get his 38 to 40%. With the electoral college voting, all he needs is the white millennials and some white educated - about a 4% swing and he can win this election (that's a +8 and then there's the Independent candidates). He will of course seek to change the Supreme Court and favor small government (a myth), less taxes and survival of the fittest with more upheavals, especially as American whites have not come to grips yet and atoned for their treatment of native Indian displacement and Black slavery.
 
It's not time to sing Hillary's praises but to take stock and like Obama see how to stem the tide (no pun intended as he is pushing STEM in education to better equip the populace). Obama is tackling wealth inequality through government programs and income inequality and opportunities through education and infrastructure. Hillary gives the best hope for a continuance, but do not discount the unease of a good portion of American citizens who hear their voices in Donald J Trump.

President Obama has accelerated the divide within America.  He is an utter failure bringing little but stress and uncertainty and has stagnated the economy in red-tape and his ill conceived Obamacare.  The country is over-taxed and under-served!  Overseas, we are in disarray and have no direction prompting even the Philippines to want to break with us.

FM
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