"In a by now text book example of 'progressive' thinking, [the Herald's Simon] Wilson suggests that taxing the tech billionaires isn’t actually going to hurt them. And this is where the Left gets it wrong.
"Wilson and his ilk are of the view that those who are better off, who are 'richer,' who have taken risks to get where they have reached, who have used initiative and creativity to develop products which the market clearly wants — that they should be made to pay. For what? Wilson isn’t clear on this.
"The approach seems to be that the Silicon Valley elites have more than many others, and so they should have less because they can afford to do without. It is this thinking that underpins the criticisms of the socialist approach made by Ayn Rand in 'Atlas Shrugged' and 'The Fountainhead.' ...
"As far as the US election is concerned I find it astonishing that out of a population that contains the wealth of talent present in the United States, two such mediocre candidates have been nominated for the most powerful office in the world. ...
"The problem with Trump is that he is a crook. ... [H]e will allow the dictators and fellow authoritarians in Russia, North Korea, Iran and China to flourish and become more powerful. ... Harris will do damage to the economy and it is doubtful that she has the heft to maintain the US position on the international stage.
"Anyone but Trump, sadly, is not an answer. ...
"One wonders if 5 November 2024 will see the beginning of the destruction of the American experiment with democracy."~ David Harvey on 'Reflections on an Election'
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Wednesday 30 October 2024
"I find it astonishing that out of a population that contains the wealth of talent present in the United States, two such mediocre candidates have been nominated for the most powerful office in the world."
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I don't find it astonishing at all. The people ultimately get the politicians they (collectively) deserve.
ReplyDeleteMeh. I've been reading comments like this forever - or at least since I started following US politics in the 1980's.
ReplyDeleteFirst, the President is not the be-all-and-end-all of US government. Trump or Harris will, as was intended by the Founders, be hemmed in by Congress and the Courts and - as not seen by the Founders - the 4th arm of government in the form of the Administrative State.
Actually on that last, if the last four years have proven anything, it's that the world of Being There has been proven correct and the President can be just a mindless puppet directed by factions in the Administration.
I find that, plus a few other aspects, far more frightening than anything I see in Harris or Trump.
BTW, just in case this comment might seem like a detached view, were I a US citizen I'd vote for Trump every day of the week and twice on Sunday.