Global Trumpism by Mark Blyth
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Mark Blyth, Eastman Professor of Political Economy and a Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs, lecture at the Watson Institute Student Seminar Series - American Democracy: The Dangers and Opportunities of Right Here and Right Now. September 2016 Designed especially with Brown undergraduates in mind, but welcoming all members of the University and wider community, this seminar series meets in the weeks both before and after Election Day to analyze what's truly at stake in this election. In the context of American history, contemporary global politics, and current issues in U.S. social, political, and economic affairs, guest speakers will set before the seminar participants the essential issues and then facilitate probing discussions. The seminar's goal is bear witness to a historic election, illuminating the "dangers and opportunities of right here and right now.” Mark Blyth "Could there then be a higher set of drivers in the global economy pushing the world in a direction where Trump is really just one part of a more global pattern of events?"
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Trump is lazy.
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This guy is very insight full but I feel like ultimately the elephant in the room is the economic system reaching its obvious conclusion. Marx's critique is timeless.
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Without cutting to a screenshot of graphs and text, it's just too difficult to appreciate all these conclusions satisfactorily.
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Add climate change, and we might as well all be fucking dead
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Trump was elected by a minority of voters and it had nothing to do with democracy. A sizeable majority of Americans do not support Trump. We are not a democracy and the election of Trump makes that vividly clear the USA is in crisis because this is the second president in 16 years that won the White House with fewer votes. The majority may change our constitution or revolution whichever comes first....
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On a side note to the question posed by the lady in the audience about 'Global Trumpism' not being there in East Asia, i would like to point out that South Korea and Japan and Taiwan actually have low inequality too. There are countries in Asia with higher inequality and of these there are two kinds - the ones with strong authoritarian literal dictatorship in which the public has no real franchise, like China, Vietnam, Laos where a populist grassroots movement just cannot emerge, and the ones with actual populist governments in power like in India and elsewhere. So indeed this trend that is emerging is indeed fairly global. And it wouldn't be a stretch to assert that in countries in Asia, Middle East, Africa, Latin America, etc., where the public has little say the leaders will either have to pretend to be the benevolent populist dictator or they will be booted out in a revolution to be replaced soon after by elected populist leaders.
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Bernie wasn't roundly defeated; he was cheated!
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What we sow so shall we reap..
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