The final nails in the coffin of democracy

[htpcl]

Greetings, my fellow shocked political observers political clairvoyants! Now that the dust of the election has settled somewhat, I shall say a few words on the issue as well. See, the whole world was watching with dismay, morbid curiosity and growing horror how the tragicomical and rather vulgar reality show that the US presidential campaign

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[oportet]

Not that it would have mattered, but Sanders not capitalizing on the emails is his/his teams fault.

The American people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn emails...

I'd argue the exact opposite. Pretty sure they, we, hung on every word of every batch that dropped nearly every day in the last few months. They mattered, maybe one of the top 3 deciding factors. I'd almost pity Team Clinton if Wikileaks was a new, unknown organization with unknown motives and unknown capabilities - but they weren't - they're ten years old - their name damn near tells you what they're going to do. I don't care if she promised her Wall Street friends shit - not having the foresight to see it going public bothers me more.

[airiefairie]

Meaningful movements like Syriza and Podemos were sucked dry of blood, while evil, yelling ulcers like Pegida and Alternative For Germany took their place.

Not sure too many people can make that distinction. They just say "populist movement" and they think they know the full story.

Great post, as usual. I highly recommend, and will share.

[nairiporter]

You are like a clairvoyant! Here, Sanders is activating the agenda that you talk about.