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      3 Dark and Disturbing Reasons Why Trump Could Win Again

      3 Dark and Disturbing Reasons Why Trump Could Win Again

      Think it can't happen?

      Paul Buchheit
      May 13, 2019

      It seems absurd to believe that America could make the same mistake again, to elect an ignorant and vulgar narcissist to the most powerful position in the world. But we can't underestimate the ability of the self-serving super-rich to convince millions of Americans that a surging stock market and a powerful military are essential to their livelihoods. All at the expense of jobs and health care and education.

      There are at least three good reasons--strangely and sadly enough--why Trump could win again.

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      Capitalist-Style Wealth Gap: 1 Tech Guy = 1,000,000 Teachers

      Capitalist-Style Wealth Gap: 1 Tech Guy = 1,000,000 Teachers

      As Charles Koch said, "I want my fair share and that's all of it."

      Paul Buchheit
      Jan 20, 2019

      As of 01/20/19, the richest six American tech leaders (Bezos, Gates, Zuckerberg, Ellison, Page, Brin) averaged over $80 billion in net worth. Meanwhile, the 25 million Americans just above the median, many of them teachers, have an average net worth of $78 thousand. That's a difference of a million times.

      For anyone questioning this disturbing truth, the following information should be helpful: There are over 4 million preschool, primary, secondary, and special education teachers; the median teacher age is 41; the median elementary school salary is $57,000; the median wealth of a 41-year-old is only $60,000. So it's probably even worse than a million to one. Consider also that about 77 percent of teachers are female, and that females suffer the discrimination of lower wealth, especially Black and Hispanic women, for whom net worth is in the low HUNDREDS.

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      Noam Chomsky

      The Trump Presidency (or How to Further Enrich "The Masters of the Universe")

      'There is a diversionary process under way, perhaps just a natural result of the propensities of the figure at center stage and those doing the work behind the curtains.'

      Noam Chomsky
      David Barsamian
      Oct 03, 2017

      [Editor's note: This interview has been excerpted from Global Discontents: Conversations on the Rising Threats to Democracy, the new book by Noam Chomsky and David Barsamian to be published this December.]

      David Barsamian: You have spoken about the difference between Trump's buffoonery, which gets endlessly covered by the media, and the actual policies he is striving to enact, which receive less attention. Do you think he has any coherent economic, political, or international policy goals? What has Trump actually managed to accomplish in his first months in office?

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      Noam Chomsky
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