We Are Likely In A Period Of Serious Political Realignment
I was taken this morning by what Van Jones had to say about the speech given by Amber Rose at the Republican National Convention last night. He said that her speech was “dangerous” for Democrats. This is because Ms. Rose represents a new kind of voter in the Republican Party, a party long held back by the likes of Karl Rove, Dick Cheney, Mitt Romney, etc. Ms. Rose is a model and a rapper. She has a tattoo on her forehead, and she delivered a very effective five minute endorsement of Donald Trump, a man she once held in deep contempt.
At Against Crony Capitalism we do not do endorsements. We are on the record as saying that at the very least crony capitalism will shift under a new Trump presidency. It could get a bit better. It could get a bit worse. But will definitely shift.
That said, Van is correct. The speech was dangerous for the Democrats.
We include below even though it is essentially a big fat commercial for Donald J. Trump, but if you missed it is worth a view because it reflects a very significant cultural and political shift that we believe is going on in America today. (And has for a while now.) That the Trump team also picked up on it is pretty interesting
Trump’s Republican Party is a populist one. It’s not a libertarian one (we being anti-crony capitalism would prefer a more libertarian disposition - though TGOP does have some important libertarian elements). One could argue even that it’s not an entirely conservative one. In some ways really, the best way to characterize the Trump Republican Party is pragmatic.
This may strike some as odd, particularly to our friends on the left. Trump is the pragmatic one? He’s Hitler! He’s Mussolini! He is deplorable. He’s an extremist!
The idea of Trump as generally reasonable flies in the face of reality for some.
But not only would we say that the Trump Republican Party is pragmatic, we would argue, and remember we are just talking politics here not ideals, we would say that relative to the Democratic Party the Trump Republican Party is by far the more moderate party.
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