Trump vs. Weimerica

All during the primary season, alt-media pundits were trying to figure Trump out. Nobody believed he was "real", that is, almost every commentator assumed he was another political puppet. (That's still a distinct possibility.)

The reaction to Trump from the power centers of DC/NYC seems genuine, though, at least the reaction to Trump's supporters seems genuine--visceral hatred that's expressed through the mainstream media, which is starting to look a whole lot like the possibly crumbling castle walls of fortress Weimerica.

People like Jon Stewart and Bill Maher are there in the breaches. This stupid election is cast as good versus evil by both sides and people like Maher and Stewart go ballistic about average Joe America wanting to assert his interests. It seems kind of desperate and out of tune with these actual candidates and what they represent.

Hillary Clinton is the ultimate corrupt scumbag politician and represents the power centers of Weimerica. Trump's a big question mark, but he's apparently not Weimerican, but he's probably not anti-Weimerica.

Was Weimar "evil"? I don't think so. It was a mixed bag. Is Weimerica evil or bad? Its politics is corrupt and DC is chock full of really evil, psychotic people. The maniacal push for technological innovation shared with Weimar has good points, even though it chokes the rest of the country for resources in pursuit of dipshit defense projects or fuckery like Facebook.

Now that more and more people see Weimerica, they can start to ignore it and start thinking about pursuing their own priorities instead of getting bogged down in the corruption, financialization, drugs and debauchery of a small, noisy group's agenda.