COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN THE GUARDIAN
Many making comments here show no understanding of the way
political systems work.
Picking a candidate resembles buying a product in a number
of ways.
There is a principle in economics called “bundling.”
This says that with some goods or services, you must buy a
bundle of qualities or disparate things to get what you want.
People who assemble record collections of great hits or top
hits use this principle to increase record sales.
No one album put up for sale will have everything that each
buyer wants.
To get certain songs, you must buy more than one album.
It is much the same with politicians.
You need to focus on one or a few attributes you greatly
want.
The rest come with "the bundle," whether you want
them or not, and this holds for every candidate.
Trump represents some serious re-thinking in international
affairs, and for this old boy who hates war and neo-cons and re-shaping the
planet in America's image, that is immensely important.
Hillary, by contrast, is a life-long supporter of killing
and pushing people around - from Waco and Serbia to Iraq and Libya.
The woman has the same kind of blood on her hands as Tony
Blair.
Only Trump has indicated his preference for new directions,
and only Trump has the strength and resources to stand up against the monsters
in the State Department (neo-cons like Victoria Nuland, a best buddy of
Hillary’s), Pentagon, and CIA. He may, like Kennedy, die in the effort, but he
will make an effort.
As far as stuff like walls and selected migration, an
American president requires the consent of Congress, and I believe he will not
get it.
But we should keep in mind that walls everywhere are going
up. In Austria. At Calais. Even the White House fence is being raised. And all
over the place in Israel. So there’s nothing special about Trump’s view.
Keep your eye on the ball, as they say in America, and don’t
drift off with slogans and empty rhetoric.
