“They better damn well open a new plant there very quickly,” he told the WSJ afterward, claiming that he told GM CEO Mary Barra in a phone call last night “you’re playing around with the wrong person.”What a pig.
What a thug.
Observations that he behaves like a Mafia boss have been around at least throughout the three years of his being a politician, and they are proven here to be spot on.
But his ego and thuggishness aside, what we have here is the foremost symbol of government in America pronouncing on the decisions of a private entity. (Ah, therein may lie part of the problem. That "private entity" designation is a bit muddied, given the terms on which government allowed the company to survive its woes of a decade ago.)
One more aspect that bears noting: His drooling, zombie-eyed base sees this as "standing up for the American worker."
Well, I would posit that a term like "American worker" is one more mass categorization of sovereign individuals that encourages group think as well as further societal brittleness, given that people belonging to some particular demographic ("blacks," "the LGBT community") by definition are juxtaposed against some other demographic that can easily be presumed to have it in for them ("management," "whites," "straight people.")
The idea that he was going to grow into the presidential role, that he was going to start demonstrating some traits conservatives could admire, such as understanding economic liberty, or exhibiting personal dignity, is now thoroughly discredited.
And nothing any of his shills and throne-sniffers, or the brainy types who think they have given him cover, can seriously refute this fact.
We are in rare agreement here. But he really screwed up one political party and that one was formerly very strongly yours.
ReplyDeleteI've maintained for decades that there were at least as many clueless squishes among Republican office-holders (and candidates) as there were conservatives who had any idea what they were doing.
ReplyDeleteWhich is why your Ronnie quoted the Tao Te Ching which advocates governing as one would cook a small fish--as little as possible.
ReplyDeleteCan't beat my Dutch for pearls of wisdom!
ReplyDeleteI'd suggest you spend a little time taking that one in.
I am a huge admirer of Ole Lao the Librarian. It was you who introduced me to him back i. The early 80s. Of course he would have placed social insurance where it belings, as true insurance, not governnental overcooking.
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ReplyDeleteThe Tao of heaven is to take from those who have too much and give to those who do not have enough.
Ordinary people act differently.
They take from those who do not have enough to give to those who already have too much.
Who has more than enough and gives it to the world?
Only the wise.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/5/10/1661058/-Words-from-the-Tao-Te-Ching-for-Trump