All of history is basically a struggle between workers and owners. Owners end up as kings, etc... Periodically the workers get pissed at the owners and essentially tell them to fuck off, usually in the form of pitchforks and beheadings. Modern government is basically an elaborate ploy to keep the workers calm. Going back to the 19th century there were massive labor riots bordering on actual rebellions in America, no surprise public education ignores these events. So fast forward to Obama. After Bush the workers had again become disillusioned with the government, manifesting as occupy wall street. I know it was run by obnoxious people, but the owners never like to see the workers aligning along class lines. So Obama ramped up racial tensions in order to divide the workers again, as well as improting waves of immigrants to help keep the workers divided even more. But by the end of Obama people were very disengaged with the whole political process. This is bad for the owners, they need people voting because it gives people the illusion that they have a stake in how the government is run. So, how to get people back into voting? The answer is Trump. A loud mouth shit talker from new york who is a natural entertainer, a solid member of the owner class who has been rubbing elbows with the political elite for his entire life, yet not actually a politician so he is able to play the outsider angle with credibility. So Trump runs. He could easily have ran as a democrat, in fact he was a registered democrat for decades, but he ran as a republican and preached a gospel of hope to the working class. His natural charisma meant he threw the left into a rage, and the right was ecstatic to have a smart courageous leader for once. Everyone suddenly got very fucking interested in voting again. And now everyone is super into politics with a passion not seen for generations. All Trump has to do is pass some symbolic reforms, not rock the boat too much and keep the normies into politics. And I have a feeling that is all that will happen.
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ColdSteam ago
He has been constricting immigration across the board since he took office - causing wages to rise. How does that jibe with your theory?
Monteblanc ago
Do you have some numbers on that? The wall isn't built and there are still some fifty million illegal aliens here, (((they))) have been claiming the 11,000,000 number since at least since 1999.
ColdSteam ago
50 million illegals? I though it was closer to 20, in spite of "official" estimates of 11-12.
Where in tarnation do you get that 50 million figure? That would be about 1 in 6 or 7 people inside the borders.
Monteblanc ago
Look at the official population of states like California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, N. Mexico, and Texas. Next look at those states unfunded liabilities, especially public schools and hospitals. The information is hard to find(census data is eight years old now) on the web and it takes some extrapolation, but if you really want to know you can find the truth. The truth on illegals is buried deeper than the number of unemployed in this country.
ColdSteam ago
I live in California, own land, a couple businesses, and pay taxes here. I easily believe the "official" numbers to be off by about 100%, to 20 million. But I don't see evidence of 500%, and wonder where your numbers come from, that's all.
What really grinds my gears, is seeing places in LA that have more voters showing up during election that people registered, and all of them voting for socialist wack nut Democrats. And Guatemalans not taking enough heat, they've replaced Mexicans in many places here as the top illegal demographic, and even the Mexican illegals are afraid of the Guatemalan criminals.
It's not the unemployed illegals that get my blood hot & angry, as much as the illegals who steal identities and get a job. I don't care how much they pay into the socialist security system, land they buy, or whatever - that job was garnered through fraud, and in aggregate it affects the entire labor market.
Monteblanc ago
We don't disagree on principles, just numbers. Take care out there.