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<blockquote data-quote="briarcreekguy" data-source="post: 2855351" data-attributes="member: 16975"><p>I posted this to Facebook a few days ago. It is about the consent of the governed and may explain the rise of Donald Trump.</p><p></p><p>Here is a snip from an article by Peggy Noonan, that appeared in the Wall Street Journal. Here is a portion of that article and some thoughts by Jerry Pounelle, from his website. The article addresses the rise of a population that has no voice, here and in Europe. It's a little long but worth thinking about.</p><p></p><p>The fundamental premise of the United States is that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. Our governing class no longer has the consent of the governed, and many of them are shocked when you point that out. The protected the governing class pretty well consents. Why would anyone object? The intentions are good. And in fact it is so: they have good intent. They are well-wishing with a vengeance.- Jerry Pournelle</p><p></p><p>" What marks this political moment, in Europe and the U.S., is the rise of the unprotected. It is the rise of people who dont have all that much against those whove been given many blessings and seem to believe they have them not because theyre fortunate but because theyre better.</p><p></p><p>You see the dynamic in many spheres. In Hollywood, as we still call it, where they make our rough culture, they are careful to protect their own children from its ill effects. In places with failing schools, they choose not to help them through the school liberation movementcharter schools, choice, etc.because they fear to go up against the most reactionary professional group in America, the teachers unions. They let the public schools flounder. But their children go to the best private schools.</p><p></p><p>This is a terrible feature of our agethat we are governed by protected people who dont seem to care that much about their unprotected fellow citizens.</p><p></p><p>And a country really cant continue this way.</p><p></p><p>In wise governments the top is attentive to the realities of the lives of normal people, and careful about their anxieties. Thats more or less how America used to be. There didnt seem to be so much distance between the top and the bottom." Peggy Noonan,</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="briarcreekguy, post: 2855351, member: 16975"] I posted this to Facebook a few days ago. It is about the consent of the governed and may explain the rise of Donald Trump. Here is a snip from an article by Peggy Noonan, that appeared in the Wall Street Journal. Here is a portion of that article and some thoughts by Jerry Pounelle, from his website. The article addresses the rise of a population that has no voice, here and in Europe. It's a little long but worth thinking about. The fundamental premise of the United States is that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. Our governing class no longer has the consent of the governed, and many of them are shocked when you point that out. The protected the governing class pretty well consents. Why would anyone object? The intentions are good. And in fact it is so: they have good intent. They are well-wishing with a vengeance.- Jerry Pournelle " What marks this political moment, in Europe and the U.S., is the rise of the unprotected. It is the rise of people who dont have all that much against those whove been given many blessings and seem to believe they have them not because theyre fortunate but because theyre better. You see the dynamic in many spheres. In Hollywood, as we still call it, where they make our rough culture, they are careful to protect their own children from its ill effects. In places with failing schools, they choose not to help them through the school liberation movementcharter schools, choice, etc.because they fear to go up against the most reactionary professional group in America, the teachers unions. They let the public schools flounder. But their children go to the best private schools. This is a terrible feature of our agethat we are governed by protected people who dont seem to care that much about their unprotected fellow citizens. And a country really cant continue this way. In wise governments the top is attentive to the realities of the lives of normal people, and careful about their anxieties. Thats more or less how America used to be. There didnt seem to be so much distance between the top and the bottom." Peggy Noonan, [/QUOTE]
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