Common Sense 318- For Whom the Bell Trolls

[DBTrek]

He thought he was a Martian, turns out he was just a progressive who runs a successful business. That may make his business acumen “Martian-like”, for a progressive, but his socio-political views are nothing to write home about. Especially now.

[Penner]

I mean just because he doesn't bow down to Trump doesn't mean that he is now, "Mainstream", IMO.

[Haumana]

I mean just because he doesn't bow down to Trump doesn't mean that he is now, "Mainstream", IMO.

He sure squawks at the same pitch as the Mainstream media. He has done so continually since late 2016.

[Penner]

I mean just because he doesn't bow down to Trump doesn't mean that he is now, "Mainstream", IMO.

He sure squawks at the same pitch as the Mainstream media. He has done so continually since late 2016.

On any other topic does he "squawk" on the mainstream media's opinion? I mean if he just so happens to agree about Trump is all, then maybe he is still that "Martian"?

[Haumana]

On any other topic does he "squawk" on the mainstream media's opinion? I mean if he just so happens to agree about Trump is all, then maybe he is still that "Martian"?

Literal Hitler, Nuclear War. One has to turn in their Martian card if they are touting that bullshit.

[Penner]

Yeah, I am going to give him the benefit of the doubt that he hasn't become 100% mainstream. He just doesn't like Trump.

[DBTrek]

He’s not 100% mainstream, he just echos the popular sentiment of the mainstream media 100%, ya know?

Right on.

[DrYouth]

I don't see him as progressive...
He was always more of a libertarian.

Libertarians for the most part aren't down with Trump.

But as a rule they have nothing much interesting to say about his movement.

Trump is about wanting a cohesive us... or as Smitty would say some comfortable national socialism... (I miss that guy.)
But we don't have a clue what "us" means.
The enlightenment project has so completely eroded the "us" that it is a long road back to some kind of tribe.
We long for this thing we used to belong to... and we're pretty much ready to just make something up.

[TheReal_ND]

I don't see him as progressive...
He was always more of a libertarian.

Libertarians for the most part aren't down with Trump.

But as a rule they have nothing much interesting to say about his movement.

Trump is about wanting a cohesive us... or as Smitty would say some comfortable national socialism... (I miss that guy.)
But we don't have a clue what "us" means.
The enlightenment project has so completely eroded the "us" that it is a long road back to some kind of tribe.
We long for this thing we used to belong to... and we're pretty much ready to just make something up.

+1 inasmuch as I see where you are coming from. White Americans arent made up tho.

[SuburbanFarmer]

I don't see him as progressive...
He was always more of a libertarian.

Libertarians for the most part aren't down with Trump.

But as a rule they have nothing much interesting to say about his movement.

Trump is about wanting a cohesive us... or as Smitty would say some comfortable national socialism... (I miss that guy.)
But we don't have a clue what "us" means.
The enlightenment project has so completely eroded the "us" that it is a long road back to some kind of tribe.
We long for this thing we used to belong to... and we're pretty much ready to just make something up.

Spot on, as usual.