The Other Wing of the Revolution Brewing in America?
Right before the Inauguration of Donald Trump, we recalled that other "anti-establishment" figure from the election campaign - the one that didn't get to run:
Now those who voted for Trump because they wanted to both send a message to and ultimately unseat the powers that be might consider these goings-on as part of their anti-establishment crusade. It's a positive spin that would see the Sanders folks as allies of sorts. Not so fast. Before drawing such a conclusion, it would behoove the Trump folks to consider whether the Sanders crew might be part of the ongoing effort to disrupt Trump's administration.
First of all we already know that one of the key power brokers of the so-called oligarchy financially supports protests - peaceful and not-so-peaceful - that have not ceased since the election. The anti-Trump message we hear has been orchestrated by wealthy hedge fund manager whose "one-world" vision directly contradicts the Trump message (such as it is). It may very well turn out that the established interests, embodied by this hedge fund manager, will use the Sanders crew to accomplish the complete sand-bagging of the Trump administration's efforts. Maybe. At least one ought not be surprised at such a turn.
On the other hand, it could be that those who followed Sanders, who themselves expressed discontent and anger at the establishment, may simply prove to be another nail in the elite's coffin. However, if that proves to be the case, while we may wind up with two wings of a brewing revolution, it's hard to imagine both groups beating those wings together. And that calls into question the whole thesis that, merely because of the election of Trump, America will once again fly like an eagle.
...let's not forget Bernie Sanders, the "anti-establishment" candidate who never got to run for President. He and his ilk may yet get a chance to impact markets and the economy. While Trump won on what might be described as an anti-establishment campaign, so did Sanders...We pointed out that this Vermont Senator with the New York accent and his minions were by no means whipped when they were dislodged by loser Hillary and her minions. Indeed, as Sanders himself announced after the election:
“The real action to transform America won’t take place on Capitol Hill, it will be in the grassroots America among millions struggling economically and young people,” Sanders said.So while the media constantly beats what may eventually become the dead horse of a failed Trump presidency, we were not the least surprised to see that Sanders' followers were busy at work under the radar:
In Washington, Democrats are grappling with what it means to be a minority party in the age of Donald Trump. In the rest of the country, populist followers of Sen. Bernie Sanders are mounting a sustained effort to answer the question from the bottom up.And we're not exaggerating or dramatizing these goings-on when we say they're taking place "under the radar":
In California, supporters of the 2016 presidential contender packed the obscure party meetings that chose delegates to the state Democratic convention, with Sanders backers grabbing more than half the slots available.
...the strategy of Mr. Sanders’s followers is to infiltrate and transform the Democratic Party’s power structure, starting with the lowest-level state and county committee posts that typically draw scant attention.As the main stream media continues to obsess over an administration that - in their worst nightmares - threatens to unseat them from their privileged positions as purveyors of a manipulated brand of "truth," it may well be that the revolution that's brewing wont' be restricted only to those who successfully voted for Trump. While we expect the victors to pursue the goals expressed in Trump's campaign promises, that other band of revolutionaries will be hard, if quietly, at work.
Now those who voted for Trump because they wanted to both send a message to and ultimately unseat the powers that be might consider these goings-on as part of their anti-establishment crusade. It's a positive spin that would see the Sanders folks as allies of sorts. Not so fast. Before drawing such a conclusion, it would behoove the Trump folks to consider whether the Sanders crew might be part of the ongoing effort to disrupt Trump's administration.
First of all we already know that one of the key power brokers of the so-called oligarchy financially supports protests - peaceful and not-so-peaceful - that have not ceased since the election. The anti-Trump message we hear has been orchestrated by wealthy hedge fund manager whose "one-world" vision directly contradicts the Trump message (such as it is). It may very well turn out that the established interests, embodied by this hedge fund manager, will use the Sanders crew to accomplish the complete sand-bagging of the Trump administration's efforts. Maybe. At least one ought not be surprised at such a turn.
On the other hand, it could be that those who followed Sanders, who themselves expressed discontent and anger at the establishment, may simply prove to be another nail in the elite's coffin. However, if that proves to be the case, while we may wind up with two wings of a brewing revolution, it's hard to imagine both groups beating those wings together. And that calls into question the whole thesis that, merely because of the election of Trump, America will once again fly like an eagle.
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