Still maintaining that illusion?
Would it be too much for you to simply remove alt.philosophy from your
long list of cross posts. You clearly have no interest in philosophy
and show no interest in replying to any follow-ups to your posts.
Still as long as you are here, and in the interest this illusion of free
speech and 'balance', here's something to ponder:
http://europe.newsweek.com/will-trump-bring-his-business-ethics-white-house-485132?rm=eu
Will Trump Bring His Business Ethics to the White House?
The risk of breaking the law, being caught and being punished are in
Trump's view just a part of the costs of doing business.
For example, multiple news sources (for example, here) have reported
that Trump has a long track record of signing contracts and then
renegotiating after the fact to try to change the terms of the deal,
after the other party has already performed as promised.
I recently discussed Trump's approach to contracts in the context of
his dispute with Ted Cruz and "the pledge" that all of the Republican
presidential candidates signed to endorse the eventual nominee. Here,
I want to discuss the more general question of what Trump's bellicose
approach to his business practices suggests about the way that he
would govern.
And then there's this whimsical thought:
http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/a-pretty-good-theory-of-donald-trump-1784784647
A Pretty Good Theory Of Donald Trump
Donald Trump is Max Bialystock. Let me explain.
(Note: During the writing and editing of this blog, Tom Scocca
brought to my attention that New Republic editor Jeet Heer has been
riffing on a Trump-as-The Producers theory on Twitter for a while.
I suppose it’s nice not to be alone, but Jeet shoulda taken it to
Kinja.)
In Mel Brooks’s 1968 classic The Producers, Bialystock (portrayed by
Zero Mostel) is a corrupt and fraudulent showbiz, uh, producer, who
hatches a scheme to make money by failing on purpose. Aided by
accountant Leo Bloom (Gene Wilder), he suckers investors into
purchasing 25,000 percent of an upcoming production; the plan is to
stage, on the cheap, the absolute worst possible Broadway show, one
guaranteed to be shut down on opening night, a failure so total and
unmistakable that no one will think to expect even one cent of return
on their investment. In order for the plan to work, the show must be
not only bad, but actively repellant, as offensive as it possibly
can be; if it succeeds (in bombing historically), it will
Bialystock’s reputation forever, but by then he and Bloom will have
absconded to Brazil to live like kings off all the excess funding
they swindled.
The result is an insane, utterly sincere Nazi musical titled
Springtime for Hitler: A Gay Romp with Adolf and Eva at Berchtesgaden
—which audiences mistake for a brilliant satire of the Third Reich,
sticking Bialystock with a hit production he can’t abandon and
investors who expect to reap profits he cannot possibly deliver.
That’s Donald Trump! For a year he has wielded his presidential
campaign like a can of bug-spray aimed directly into the eyes of the
voting public, but no matter how hateful or absurd or offensive or
repulsive his behavior, no matter how uninformed his proclamations,
no matter how flimsy and terminally contradictory his blatantly
spitballed policy positions, a steady core of voters—one large
enough to topple the entire Republican establishment and deliver
him the nomination—simply will not abandon him. In fact, the more
ludicrous he gets, the more vehemently they support him, the more
loudly they insist he not only can but must become the President
of the United States!
See also :
http://forward.com/the-assimilator/334485/its-springtime-for-donald-trump-in-producers-spoof/
The point of this analogy 'The Producers' is that the Trump campaign
was never suppose to succeed. He was suppose to virtually shoe horn
Clinton in as the first woman president. Now recent events casts
some doubt on that. Hopefully Hillary Clinton will fully recover
from her sudden bout of pneumonia and save us all from this unknown.
but... if Trump gets elected leader of the free world, what kind of
a leader would he make? What kind of example would he set, what kind
of people would he have around him for advice? What exactly is his
background? Where is his experience as governor responding to the
breath of community concerns.
He is first and foremost a business man, was this campaign another
business opportunity? What if this predestined 'flop' becomes that
unforeseen 'success', how would he respond to his 'investors'. Which
of his 'investors' would comprise the biggest lobby, who would gain
the most favors from a business oriented leader?
Be very careful what you wish for. One might find a future where an
ailing economy was answered with older historic answers, answers
bereft of any imagination, or inspiration. Old answers taken from
the past to suit those with the most to gain.
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