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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHere's an excellent situational assessment
This is a profoundly excellent analysis of what's going on. Jordan Greenhall understands.
Situational Assessment 2017: Trump Edition
While many things have changed in the world in the past two years, 2016 saw what looks like a phase transition in the political domain. While the overall phenomenon is global in scale and includes Brexit and other movements throughout Europe, I want to focus specifically on the victory of the Trump Insurgency and drill down into detail on how this state change will play out.
I use John Robbs term Trump Insurgency here to highlight the fact that the election of 2016 was not an example of ordinary politics. Anyone who fails to understand this is going to be making significant errors. For example, the 2016 election is not comparable to the 2000 election (e.g., merely a close election) nor to the 1980 election (e.g., an ideological transition election). While it is tempting to compare it to 1860, Im not sure that is a good match either.
It is important for anyone planning in the contemporary environment to recognize that the activities of the Trump Insurgency are entirely different to all previous actors. Rather than endeavoring to establish control over the legacy infrastructure, the Trump Insurgency is in the process of destroying it entirely and replacing it with a very different architecture. One that is intrinsically compatible with its own form of collective intelligence.
It is clear to me that the Insurgency is engaged in total war. They are simultaneously attacking the legacy power structures on multiple fronts (access, business viability and, in particular, legitimacy) while innovating entirely novel approaches to the problem of large scale communications and control (e.g., direct tweets from POTUS). Their intent is not to play with or even dominate the legacy media but to eliminate them from the field entirely and to replace them with something else altogether.
While many things have changed in the world in the past two years, 2016 saw what looks like a phase transition in the political domain. While the overall phenomenon is global in scale and includes Brexit and other movements throughout Europe, I want to focus specifically on the victory of the Trump Insurgency and drill down into detail on how this state change will play out.
I use John Robbs term Trump Insurgency here to highlight the fact that the election of 2016 was not an example of ordinary politics. Anyone who fails to understand this is going to be making significant errors. For example, the 2016 election is not comparable to the 2000 election (e.g., merely a close election) nor to the 1980 election (e.g., an ideological transition election). While it is tempting to compare it to 1860, Im not sure that is a good match either.
It is important for anyone planning in the contemporary environment to recognize that the activities of the Trump Insurgency are entirely different to all previous actors. Rather than endeavoring to establish control over the legacy infrastructure, the Trump Insurgency is in the process of destroying it entirely and replacing it with a very different architecture. One that is intrinsically compatible with its own form of collective intelligence.
It is clear to me that the Insurgency is engaged in total war. They are simultaneously attacking the legacy power structures on multiple fronts (access, business viability and, in particular, legitimacy) while innovating entirely novel approaches to the problem of large scale communications and control (e.g., direct tweets from POTUS). Their intent is not to play with or even dominate the legacy media but to eliminate them from the field entirely and to replace them with something else altogether.
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Here's an excellent situational assessment (Original Post)
GliderGuider
Feb 2017
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GliderGuider
(21,088 posts)1. Aside from the small problem that he missed the Russian connection,
the rest of it is pretty spot-on, IMO.
Locrian
(4,522 posts)2. great article
We're completely under attack - an I see people talking like normal rules and procedures are still relevant.
It's going to get worse. A LOT worse.
GliderGuider
(21,088 posts)3. People are fixated on the camouflage of politics.
They are refusing to look at the thing that is being camouflaged.
This war could easily destroy the nation, within weeks or months. And unwitting Americans will do the bulk of the work.
2naSalit
(86,775 posts)5. I wonder how many
in the military are contemplating what comes next. I heard some rumors earlier that will remain in the rumor category unless something comes up that proves the to be otherwise.
GliderGuider
(21,088 posts)6. I sure as hell hope so.
It's going to take physical violence to pry those bastards out of power.
2naSalit
(86,775 posts)7. No doubt about it.
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)9. +1. Camouflage and madness are not mutually exclusive with this regime
kwassa
(23,340 posts)8. The something else they could replace it with: fascist dictatorship.
With Trump as ruler for life.