How many times have I said on here that Republicans and Democrats have misinterpreted their election victories as mandates for their failed ideologies? The American people, like the Japanese people, have been sacking both parties consistently since the mid 90s. They are doing so because they want something other than the same old demagogues who spew hate, divisiveness and neoliberalism. I see very few people realizing this fact yet, but there is an enormous vacuum in political leadership and that means there is an opportunity for a leader to step forward unlike at any time in this countryâs history. Someone will eventually fill that vacuum. Some think it will be a figure akin to Adolph Hitler but the dynamics today are far too different as are the constructs of our very heterogeneous society. As we have remarked years ago, that fact alone makes it nearly impossible to spark any nationally-focused propaganda and hatred. The U.S. societyâs cumulative consciousness has far outgrown the small-minded hatred and bigotry of such sociopathic personalities. Can small pockets of bigoted and hate-speaking politicians be elected? Sure with limited and homogeneous population bases. But a presidential election?
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