Is Donald Trump an existential threat to the U.S. as we know it?

[yuiyoshida]

Will Donald Trump create an unrecognizable America in 2017? As a creation of the right, he is the clear result of the nonsense, misinformation, and lies they have been spewing for decades.

Scholars and political analysts may attempt to analyze the rise of Donald Trump. They may cloak it in a type of collective psychosis by a segment of the American people.

But it is likely much more straightforward than that. Over the last several decades, a concerted effort was made to distort reality and morality in order to justify power and massive wealth in the hands of the few. I made that case in my Daily Kos article titled "Republican assault on the American fabric a successful strategy so far," where I wrote that the Powell Memo was instrumental.

The Powell Memo illustrates the fear that Lewis Powell, a corporate lawyer and member of the boards of various corporations, had for the masses. Powell was subsequently confirmed as a Supreme Court justice.

Powell lays out the game plan. It is a plan that was forward looking. It is a plan that so far has been well implemented. How did they do it?

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/9/11/1567947/-Is-Donald-Trump-an-existential-threat-to-the-U-S-as-we-know-it

[SusanCalvin]

1. Yes. nt

[matt819]

2. Absolutely (nt)

[BYJ439]

3. of course he is

His ideas are reckless to people here and abroad. He has no experience in politics, and would screw up everything he touches. That's why it's imperative that we keep him out of the White House.

[JohnnyLib2]

4. Yes, starting with ---

Destabilization of the military, the economy etc.

[uponit7771]

5. I no doubt believe a tRump America will be more threatening to PoC

[Hortensis]

6. Those who would vote for a dysfunctional buffoon

are the existential threat to democracy, as they always have been regardless of the candidates of the moment.

[Generic Other]

7. One hopes he is not

but the point is we should not have to wonder.