Democracy is an illusion! It’s become a political system fostered by the élite, for the élite, in order to fool the people that they have a stake in the system. In actual fact, they have virtually none. The whole political system in the modern era, despite having noble beginnings, is now used to benefit the few at the expense of the many. – Mark Alexander, June 29, 2018
Saturday, 24 August 2019
Trump’s Days-Long Public Meltdown Has Moved from Words to Actions | Deadline | MSNBC
NBC News’ Heidi Przybyla, WBUR’s Kimberly Atkins, NYT’s Nick Confessore, former economic advisor for President Obama Austan Goolsbee, and MSNBC’s Ali Velshi on the president escalating his trade war with China and comparing his hand-picked Federal Reserve chair to the authoritarian president of China
