Many Trump supporters say that the government, media, and other institutions of civil society are corrupt. I intend to ask them and other right-wing anti-establishmentarians what it is that they think drives such corruption.
Now that Trump is the president-elect, what is to become of the the anti-federalist, anti-government mentality of various people on the political right, including grassroots people on the political right such as the ranchers that had a stand off with federal authorities last yeaar after setting fire to federal lands out west ?
What has Alex Jones been saying regarding the risk of the US becoming a police state now that Trump will be the president in a couple of months? Jones had sounded the alarm about the risk of a police state during Obama’s presidency.
A couple possibilities regarding what becomes of the right-wing concern about a police state is that they become less vocal about that issue so as to not criticize President Trump. But if folk such as Alex Jones remain vocal about the risk of a police state, that probably poses a challenge to Trump.
If it is the case someone thinks government is corrupt on many levels, one extreme possibility is that people think that indeed government is corrupt but that Trump somehow is the one person with integrity.
But how far can folk on the right wing go with that approach before it becomes an autocratic mentality such that they think Trump is the only part of government that they can trust?
How far can some folk go with the cult of personality, suspending critical thinking, and believing that no part of state, federal, and municipal government can be trusted except for Trump?
Actually, such folk aren’t stupid. Instead, they may see both mainstream Republicans and mainstream Democrats as corrupt, and see a category of a minority of politicians, journalists, and various intellectuals as leading a sort of revolution.
To what extent does it make sense to distinguish right-wing anti-establishment sentiment from left-wing or ‘non-right-wing’ anti-establishment sentiment ?
To what extent does it make sense to categorize non-right-wing anti-establishment as ‘democratic socialist’? How do the aims and values of democratic socialism differ from Green Party aims and values? To what extent is ‘social democracy’ a better operative term than ‘democratic socialism’?
In the opinion of right-wing anti-establishmentarians, what is it that drives government corruption? To what extent do Trump’s claim that our political leaders are just stupid (the Brexit proponent has said the same ) serves to cloud the issue of what’s actually driving the corruption: big money detracting from the say of ordinary folk? How else might we explain government corruption? Let’s look at that as a genuine question, and explore the ideas of various thinkers, including, perhaps, people known in the mainstream as “conspiracy mongers.” Some folk such as Alex Jones, has said it’s a global cobal of bankers, that involves the Federal Reserve and the Bilderbergs and Rothchilds. What has Ron Paul said? Some of what the ‘conspiracy theorists’ say may be true, but it’s a matter of degree. To what extent are the “Alt Right” or white nationalist folk talking about the global corporate oligarchy? To what extent do folk on the political right dismiss the idea of ‘global corporate oligarchy’ as socialist conspiracy mongering? How would I and other progressives provide evidence to counter such a charge from right wing folk? I’ve taken it for granted that the ‘corporate oligarchy’ detracts from the ‘will of the people’ when it comes to public policy, in terms of everything from water, food, medicine, housing, telecommunications, education, criminal justice, and so on. I intend to interview people and do some reading so as to have solid evidence. —–
-Knowing the details of public policy as it pertains to a wide range of earthling needs being ‘undermined’ due to excessive corporate power should help, all else being equal, wiith building alliances that are not confined to left-vs-right ways of thinking. A sort of creative genious might factor in, in terms of building strategic alliances.
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