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On 11/10/2016 10:25 AM, Caleb James DeLisle wrote:
> I expected a wave of hate-crime after the election, anti-trump riots
> caught me off guard. Now I see this is following the typical strong-man
> pattern.
>
> People out in the streets rioting and burning things, the trump voters
> become more and more convinced that he is the only person who can keep
> the country together. We can expect Guliani or Arpaio being nominated
> and saying "this lawless will stop!"...
>
> I'm somehow excited to see the power struggle which ensues as it seems
> quite clear that Trump is not a friend of The Washington People...
> He got only 4% of the vote in DC. Nassim Taleb said after the election
> that Goldman Sachs and the Saudis are the big losers so this could be
> significant.
>
> I expect the big tension will be between Trump and the judiciary.
>
> Laws are broken all of the time in the executive branch but it's easy
> for the judiciary to look the other way when the violations are coming
> from an educated, socially tollerant thoughtful person like Obama or
> Clinton. Seen as a brute, we can expect the judiciary to try to hold
> Trump to the Constitution much more strictly.
>
> But the Constitution is a double-edged sword. Trump speaks about
> closure of the Department of Education and the EPA which we must recall
> are not specifically prescribed by the Constitution and so the 10th
> ammendment puts them in legally questionable territory... Not to
> mention the Federal Reserve.
>
> Trump is not good at much but he is good at scorched earth negotiation.
> I expect there will be some hints of "maybe we will audit the FED"
> which will be used as bargaining chips to trade for a more complacent
> judiciary.
>
> Trump's major challenge will be to build a new Washington Consensus and
> critically to ensure that everyone involved will have investment in
> this consensus so they cannot turn on him after agreements have been
> made.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Caleb
>
>
>
>
> On 10/11/16 06:37, voize wrote:
>> Okay, what the fuck kids? There are protests in major US cities right
>> now with the hashtag #notmypresident. Liberals are all over the streets
>> when theyre precious democratic voting system actually worked. its not
>> the middle east... lol. sorry. People in the middle east revolt because
>> they have a 1 party system with 1 ruler for decades. What the fuck are
>> these people protesting? that more than half of their countrymen had an
>> opportunity to vote? I want to hear their demands. Do they want a
>> United Cities of America?
>>
>> There's also the LGBT and black communities rolling with the antiwhite
>> platform (even though all candidates were white).
>>
>> AND... What bothers me the most: Im looking at my normal anarchist
>> media (stimulator.tv, /r/anarchism in particular) and theyre going with
>> fascist anti-Trump and lets do some insurrection now. I feel like these
>> anarchists are totally missing an opportunity to fuck with the system by
>> not celebrating Trump's ascension into the whitehouse. As a result, I
>> feel more like a lone anarchist than ever; distanced from the apt-get
>> install anarchism ive always been friends with. I feel like I've come
>> full-circle in politics, and I'm now closer to my home conservative
>> state than ever. I'm actually proud that they've upset this city culture
>> in light of the extremely biased media.
>>
>> I really give thanks to this mailing list for what it is. Ive met some
>> of you in person at bitcoin conferences or wherever and and youve become
>> my biggest hope for having friends with whom i really feel at home.
>> Unsystem is what defines me and is my life project.
>>
>> I'd love to hear what everyone else thinks.
>>
>>
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