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Overnight Acoustic Jam: Tommy Emmanuel, "Chet's Ramble"

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HRH Stanley Sea5/05/2016 10:12:04 am PDT

re: #437 lawhawk

The US will survive a Trump presidency, they say…

Right. Rome survived Nero and Caligula too. And the Year of 5 emperors (193).

I’ve read my Suetonius. I know how unqualified people can become leader of the greatest power of the day and age, but what separates Trump from the Roman equivalents is the fact that Trump would have the physical power to wipe any/every nation off the face of the planet.

His domestic policies would be disastrous and long lasting (how many decades did it take to roll back segregation - and we’re still dealing with consequences of that that were baked into urban policy, economic policy, and criminal justice systems). There are a lot of people who would be safely ensconced away from the upheaval and consequences of his actions. This election isn’t about them. It’s about everyone else. It’s about the people who will suffer all kinds of consequences from GOP policies - like seeing their health care access cut, family planning/birth control access further limited, women and minority rights hit, LBGT rights rolled back, etc.

This is what the election is about. And it goes way beyond Trump, since many of these policies percolate up from the local level - NC HB2 anyone.

Oh, he’s just Berlusconi……Or Mussolini