[FRIAM] Globalism in the age of populism? .. & Open Source Software

[Vladimyr Burachynsky]

Marcus , 

You are quite correct and describe the Hitler type quite well. I never
agreed with some of the Nuremberg trial conclusions that wished to attribute
all the sins of
Nazi Germany on a few maniacs. The truth was that the Germans knew quite
well what was happening.
The arrival of skinheads fascists brown shirts black shirts en masse
presumes something is disturbingly out of whack in the modern world.

Add to this the foolish lout who starts trouble when emboldened by the
hysterical cries of his new girl friend. That is time to clear out before an
irate man hitches his D9 bulldozer to the main structural post of a shabby
drinking hole.

When the German women of Cologne Germany claimed to have been groped in a
New Year's crowd I expected serious violence,  thankfully cooler heads
prevailed.

These type of Alpha males are just  a minor part of the problem and will
never start a revolt, that requires too much effort. When I was much younger
I played around with this very boring but predictable type. I saw that
others also tried to meddle with them for other reasons. but they were well
protected. Hard to remove. They hung on to local power like ticks on a dog.
They feed off of fools that believe. They gain trust only so they may betray
others for a trifle. So today Chevrolet announced a factory in Canada was
being shut down and moved to Mexico. That is not the way to make friends. I
suppose there will be many hot heads emerging  now.
So we can assume NAFTA is now dead and awaiting only a funeral. GM probably
arranged this just to spite Trump and cared nothing about friendship.
Someone in GM  thinks they can excuse this as a misunderstanding . They are
starting a fire.

they. GM.  think they are protected but by who... That's the mystery. I
suspect GM will throw someone under the bus. The mystery group is not going
to expose itself at this point. I would not. It's too early.
vib


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Sent: January-27-17 11:56 PM
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Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Globalism in the age of populism? .. & Open Source
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Vladimyr writes:

< So I cause confusion only because I do not fit into any well established
classification system. I bring this up because my experience in life defies
most systems which you are attempting to tease apart. Trump may well be a
Narcissist and deluded in some traditional manner. That only suggests he
will make a mistake and run into someone he has no idea even exists. >

One might imagine that people in a failing town would leave that town.  Or
that they'd give up on the city councils and school boards and instead focus
on paying their bills and keeping their family together.   But what can
happen as governance disintegrates, is that a new species enters.   I called
that species an alpha, but you are right, it is a vague term.  This person
was *not* an alpha when things were going well, no, they were at the local
tavern grousing about things with their other loser friends.  It's only when
things start to get untenable for the town does this creature decide it is
safe to come out in the light.   The creature seeks souls which can be
captured.   He may start with a desperate woman who has no hope for her life
and takes her as a wife.   Sometimes several creatures will rally together
in order force out people that *are* making the local institutions work.
And you guessed it, the people to force out are the snobs, know-it-alls, and
(now) `elites'.   And it is not unheard of that the creature manages to
mature into the middle class and become a `respected' member of the
community.  They reproduce, and the cycle continues.

Donald Trump and Steve Bannon intuitively understood these angry men and how
to make them come out in the light.   They all rely on fear and derangement
and have no hope of maintaining power without making it proliferate.

Marcus
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