The lesson of Trump and Brexit: a society too complex for its people risks everything

[barryqwalsh]

By way of a gloomy seasonal party game, try this. Take the proverbial back of a cereal box, divide it into six rectangles, and on each one, write a supposed cause of the political turbulence now gripping the west: “the financial crash of 2008”, “inequality”, “racism and xenophobia”, “Tony Blair, basically”, and all the rest. Then get out the gin, maybe put on a Radiohead album, and enjoy hours of doom-laden conversational fun.


The lesson of Trump and Brexit: a society too complex for its people risks everything | John Harris

 

[yiostheoy]

Trump has barely gotten started yet.

So it is way too early to start prognosticating about Trump.

 

[owebo]

Complexity is another word for destruction of Liberty.....people resist destruction of Liberty in general and personalize it through voting when it impacts their daily lives....

Make America Great Again is a cry for Liberty.....Liberty is not a past, present, or future thing, it is a way of civilization.....and honest people,gravitate towards it everywhere in the world....

 

[candycorn]

By way of a gloomy seasonal party game, try this. Take the proverbial back of a cereal box, divide it into six rectangles, and on each one, write a supposed cause of the political turbulence now gripping the west: “the financial crash of 2008”, “inequality”, “racism and xenophobia”, “Tony Blair, basically”, and all the rest. Then get out the gin, maybe put on a Radiohead album, and enjoy hours of doom-laden conversational fun.


The lesson of Trump and Brexit: a society too complex for its people risks everything | John Harris

Excellent editorial. Thanks for sharing.