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Title: Donald Trump Is Winning Because White America Is Dying
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URL Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry ... ty_us_56cf8618e4b0bf0dab31838f
Published: Feb 26, 2016
Author: Matt Ferner
Post Date: 2016-02-26 09:27:00 by Ada
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Views: 164
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Noam Chomsky says Trump's rise is partly due to deeply rooted -- and potentially fatal -- feelings of fear and anger. Noam Chomsky, the renowned scholar and MIT professor emeritus, says that the rise of Donald Trump in American politics is, in part, fueled by deeply rooted fear and hopelessness that may be caused by an alarming spike in mortality rates for a generation of poorly educated whites. “He’s evidently appealing to deep feelings of anger, fear, frustration, hopelessness, probably among sectors like those that are seeing an increase in mortality, something unheard of apart from war and catastrophe," Chomsky told The Huffington Post in an interview on Thursday. Trump's rise as the Republican presidential front-runner has been confounding for Americans across the political spectrum. The bombastic, billionaire demagogue has won three of the first four primary states and holds a lead in the polls, both nationwide and in upcoming primary contests. He now appears poised to take an insurmountable delegate lead over the next several weeks, based on a platform of hate and vitriol targeted at women, Latinos, Muslims and other minorities. A legion of less educated, working-class white men has fueled Trump’s rise. And while many say the business mogul is capitalizing on their fears about the perceived decline of white dominance in America, Chomsky says there may also be more existential forces at play. Life expectancy, in general, has increased steadily over time. And thanks largely to advances in health care, many people around the world live longer lives. There are exceptions, of course -- during war or natural catastrophes, for example. But what’s happening now in America, he says, is “quite different.” Despite vast wealth and modern medicine, the U.S. has lower average life expectancy than many other nations. And while the average has been increasing recently, the gains are not evenly spread out. Wealthier Americans are living longer lives, while the poor are living shorter ones. Poorly educated, middle-aged American white males are particularly affected, multiple recent studies suggest. While Americans from other age, racial and ethnic groups are living longer lives than ever before, this particularly segment of the population is dying faster. A Nobel Memorial Prize-winning study on the issue found that the rising death rate for this group is not due to the ailments that commonly kill so many Americans, like diabetes and heart disease, but rather by an epidemic of suicides, liver disease caused by alcohol abuse, and overdoses of heroin and prescription opioids. “No war, no catastrophe," Chomsky says, has caused the spiking mortality rate for this population. "Just the impact of policies over a generation that have left them, it seems, angry, without hope, frustrated, causing self-destructive behavior." That could well explain Trump’s appeal, he speculated. In an interview with Alternet this week, Chomsky compared the poverty that many Americans now face with the conditions an older generation confronted during the Great Depression. “It’s interesting to compare the situation in the ‘30s, which I’m old enough to remember,” he said. “Objectively, poverty and suffering were far greater. But even among poor working people and the unemployed, there was a sense of hope that is lacking now.” Chomsky attributes some of that Depression-era hope to the growth of an aggressive labor movement and the existence of political organizations outside of the mainstream. Today, however, he says the mood is quite different for Americans who are deeply affected by poverty. “[They] are sinking into hopelessness, despair and anger -- not directed so much against the institutions that are the agents of the dissolution of their lives and world, but against those who are even more harshly victimized,” he said. “Signs are familiar, and here it does evoke some memories of the rise of European fascism.” Editor's Note: Donald Trump is a serial liar, rampant xenophobe, racist, misogynist, birther and bully who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims -- 1.6 billion members of an entire religion -- from entering the U.S.
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#1. To: All (#0)
Seen that crap for years. If it is so, how do you explain Bernie Sanders? “Have you seen Bernie Sanders’ rallies? I haven’t seen so many white voters since the Oscars.” - Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
Jew. That's all you need to know. "Have Brain, Will Travel
For the most part Chomsky has his head screwed on right. The author, Matt Ferner, not so much.
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If Noam had been paying attention, he would realize that "war and catastrophe" is precisely the root issue here. John Howard says: There are 4 schools of economics: How to End the Refugee Flood By his writings over the past several years Chomsky realizes this. Its the author who is trying to slant the article for his agenda.
The rise of Tramp, sorry Trump, reminds me of the rise of Hitler and hating Jews. Think about it.
Boy, that about says it all -- ROTF ROTF ROTF! Ferner is clearly on the warpath and we must never swallow blather such as "a platform of hate and vitriol targeted at women, Latinos, Muslims and other minorities" or allow our friends to. Trump isn't "BOMBASTIC" either -- he only seems so to generations of TV-fed wraiths whose natural senses and reflexes have been beaten out of them. Woo woo, mustn't raise your voice, Donny -- not nice, you could hurt somebody's FEELINGS. One reads a piece like this fearing to get to the bottom and see the 4um reaction, but sometimes it's a bonanza of bullseyes. CLAPPA CLAPPA CLAPPA :-) ------------------------------------------------------
A legion of less educated, working-class white men has fueled Trump’s rise.
#2. To: Ada (#0)
Noam Chomsky
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#4. To: Ada (#3)
THE DEVIL
#5. To: Ada (#0)
“He’s evidently appealing to deep feelings of anger, fear, frustration, hopelessness, probably among sectors like those that are seeing an increase in mortality, something unheard of apart from war and catastrophe," Chomsky told The Huffington Post in an interview on Thursday.
Marxism: steal everything
Keynesianism: steal by counterfeiting whenever needed
Chicago school (Milton Friedman): steal by counterfeiting at a steady, predictable rate
Austrians: don't steal
'Wiped off the Map' – The Rumor of the Century
#6. To: PnbC (#5)
If Noam had been paying attention, he would realize that "war and catastrophe" is precisely the root issue here.
#7. To: Ada (#0)
#8. To: Ada (#3)
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For the most part Chomsky has his head screwed on right. The author, Matt Ferner, not so much.
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