In the United States in particular, I think the historical size of the middle class has kept people on the fence as to what direction they wanna go. The Republicans now have become sort of like the underdog, whereas before they were seen as sort of the ruling class. And it's gotten very confusing and the whole Trump movement was kind of like this populist revolt against the Republican ruling order.
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Carl von Clausewitz described war as politics by other means. In many ways the reverse could be said, with the modern state in the West seemingly arrayed against its own citizens in a constant battle of misdirection and interference in their lives. Tom Kawczynski, author of ‘Surviving the Fall of America’ and former town manager of Jackman, Maine, has actually run for political office in an attempt to address some of these problems. Tonight, he gives us an insider glimpse into how the system actually works, what we can expect going forward, and some potential solutions to what he sees an an almost inevitable decline of a once great society.
