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    “The United States is extremely lucky that no honest, charismatic figure has arisen,” Chomsky went on.

    Every charismatic figure is such an obvious crook that he destroys himself,

    like McCarthy or Nixon or the evangelist preachers.

    If somebody comes along who is charismatic and honest this country is in real trouble because of the frustration, disillusionment, the justified anger and the absence of any coherent response.

    What are people supposed to think if someone says ‘I have got an answer, we have an enemy’?

    There it was the Jews.

    Here it will be the illegal immigrants and the blacks.

    We will be told that white males are a persecuted minority.

    We will be told we have to defend ourselves and the honor of the nation.

    Military force will be exalted.

    People will be beaten up.

    This could become an overwhelming force.

    And if it happens it will be more dangerous than Germany.

    The United States is the world power.

    Germany was powerful but had more powerful antagonists.

    I don’t think all this is very far away.

    If the polls are accurate it is not the Republicans but

    the right-wing Republicans, the crazed Republicans, who will sweep the next election.”

    “I have never seen anything like this in my lifetime,” Chomsky added.

    “I am old enough to remember the 1930s.

    My whole family was unemployed.

    There were far more desperate conditions than today.

    But it was hopeful.

    People had hope.

    The CIO was organizing.

    No one wants to say it anymore but the Communist Party was the spearhead for labor and civil rights organizing.

    Even things like giving my unemployed seamstress aunt a week in the country.

    It was a life.

    There is nothing like that now.

    The mood of the country is frightening.

    The level of anger, frustration and hatred of ins utions is not organized in a constructive way.

    It is going off into self-destructive fantasies.”

    http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/1...-for-democrats


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    Well no, dumb ass, the "next election" would have been 4 years ago, not 6 years ago and Obama won. Or was he talking about the local VFW hall election for grand whatever?

    6 years ago Donald was a democrat.

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    Well no, dumb ass, the "next election" would have been 4 years ago, not 6 years ago and Obama won. Or was he talking about the local VFW hall election for grand whatever?

    6 years ago Donald was a democrat.
    The next election, after y'alls adorable knitter, that works, no?

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    Not 6 years ago unless you suck at math. Like other socialists, Noam ed up the math.

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