Concentrate on the system, not Trump
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Douglas Schorr
Donald Trump is by far the most controversial president the US has ever offered the world. But behind the headline churning, attention grabbing façade, is there any difference between him and the 44 US presidents that have come before?
The US president’s job is to run the American system. It is variously called ‘Capitalism’, ‘Democracy’, ‘Free market enterprises’ and others (the label used dependents upon the crowd being addressed and the theme of the talk). Its sole aim is the generation of maximum monetary profits for those in the driver’s seat, no matter the cost to the environment or to humanity.
His employers are not the American people but rather a largely unknown elite under which the giant banks and corporates, the politica...