Re: Comment on Trump Announces Key National Security Appointments (fwd)

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

I was listening to the Against the Grain with Leo Pastish (sp?).  Pretty
interesting.  Seems like everything will be pretty much same-old, same-old
w.r.t. economic policy, except that the economic crisis will be more
sudden and even deeper.

Don't know if this makes me feel better or not, however.

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2016 10:27:55 -0800 (PST)
 >
 > I replied that Trump IS part of the wealthy elite.
 > 
 >  > From: "Disqus" <http://www.disqus.net/~notifications>
 >  > Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2016 18:19:17 -0000
 >  > 
 >  > Alex Laspesa wrote, in response to Noelle:
 >  > 
 >  > Seriously?!? Do you even know what Populism is??? It's pretty much the 
 >  > opposite of authoritarianism.....
 >  > "At its root, populism is a belief in the power of regular people, and in 
 >  > their right to have control over their government rather than a small group 
 >  > of political insiders or a wealthy elite. The word populism comes from the 
 >  > Latin word for "people," populus. Definitions of populism."
 >  > What's wrong with that?!? Sounds great to me!!!
 >  > 
 >  > Noelle wrote:
 >  > 
 >  > "strong leader populism"=authoritarianism
 >  > Oh well, Ron Elving normalizing Trump!