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Jonathan Pie: Brutalna stand-up analiza poraza Hillary Clinton
Robert Reich, nekoč minister za delo v Clintonovi vladi, zdaj pa profesor na Berkeleyu in avtor številnih knjig (nazadnje Saving Capitalism), brez dlake na jeziku piše, da bi moralo sedanje vodstvo Demokratske stranke odstopiti in stranko preoblikovati. Stran od stranke “nabiralke denarja”, k stranki, ki bo zmanjšala negotovost za preproste ljudi, jim zagotovila službe in višje plače. Preveč preprosto?
As a first step, I believe it necessary for the members and leadership of the Democratic National Committee to step down and be replaced by people who are determined to create a party that represents America – including all those who feel powerless and disenfranchised, and who have been left out of our politics and left behind in our economy.
The Democratic Party as it is now constituted has become a giant fundraising machine, too often reflecting the goals and values of the moneyed interests. This must change. The election of 2016 has repudiated it. We need a people’s party – a party capable of organizing and mobilizing Americans in opposition to Donald Trump’s Republican party, which is about to take over all three branches of the U.S. government. We need a New Democratic Party that will fight against intolerance and widening inequality.
Medtem ko je Hillary Clinton še vedno v šoku nad porazom in v obupu luzerja krivi za svoj poraz direktorja FBI, pa Bernie Sanders zelo jasno kaže, da razume, kaj se je zgodilo, zakaj se je zgodilo in kako naprej. V današnjem komentarju v New York Timesu Sanders zelo jasno zapiše ne samo, zakaj povprečni Američani niso želeli bolj množično voliti za Clintonovo, ampak v katero smer bi se morala razvijati demokratska stranka, če želi zastopati interese ljudi. To je interese konkretnega posameznika nasproti kapitalu in proti dohodkovni, rasni, verski in spolni diskriminaciji. In to pomeni v prvi vrsti ustvarjanje kvalitetnih delovnih mest doma tudi za nižji in srednji sloj ter dostojno plačilo.
Hillary je preteklost, vizija Bernieja Sandersa je prihodnost.
I am saddened, but not surprised, by the outcome. It is no shock to me that millions of people who voted for Mr. Trump did so because they are sick and tired of the economic, political and media status quo.
Vir: Max Roser
Nekatere ljubezni so večne. Čeprav niso – ali pa prav zato, ker niso – materializirane. Ljubezen Leonarda Cohena do Marianne Ihlen, je očitno ena izmed takšnih večnih ljubezni. Ganljivo je poslovilno pismo, ki ga je Cohen letos spomladi, nekaj mesecev pred njeno smrtjo, napisal Marianne, njegovi muzi in večni ljubezni. Zaželel ji je zelo prijetno potovanje in na skorajšnje svidenje:
Well Marianne, it’s come to this time when we are really so old and our bodies are falling apart and I think I will follow you very soon. Know that I am so close behind you that if you stretch out your hand, I think you can reach mine. And you know that I’ve always loved you for your beauty and your wisdom, but I don’t have to say anything more about that because you know all about that. But now, I just want to wish you a very good journey. Goodbye old friend. Endless love, see you down the road.
Nikoli nismo dovolj pripravljeni na odhod tistih, ki jih imamo najraje. Čeprav nas je Leonard na zadnjem albumu na to pripravljal Leonard Cohen Makes It Darker – New Yorker. Bil sem prepričan, da ga bom lahko poslušal in občudoval najmanj še enkrat v živo. Pa ne bom.
Ampak Leonard je živel je živel tako polno življenje kot redki izmed nas. Poskusil je skoraj vse, kar se je dalo, v iskanju notranjega miru. In najbrž ga je končno našel. Cel zadnji album je priprava na smrt in soočenje – I’m ready my Lord (v naslovni “You Want It Darker”).
Leonard, tam zgoraj se nekoč spet vidimo. Zbogom.
S pokojninskimi shemami je velik križ. Če prisilno plačujemo vanje, kot to počnemo pri nas in v večini evropskih držav, bomo ob teh demografskih trendih zelo skromno – ob vodi in rižu – preživljali zadnja leta ali desetletja življenja. Če pa plačujemo prostovoljno v razne državne ali zasebne pokojninske sklade, pa tvegamo, da nam bo kakšna resna globalna finančna kriza pobrala vse prihranke – tako glavnico, naloženo v vrednostne papirje, kot tudi ves fiktiven donos od njih. Ali pa nas bo nategnil kak prevarantski menedžer, kot je denimo Kenneth Lay oropal desettisoče zaposlenih v Enronu njihovih bodočih pokojnin ali kot je Kelley Lynch do kosti obrala Leonarda Cohena.
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Jonathan Portes (seveda) ugotavlja, da so skupni imenovalec Brexita in Trumpa frustracije ljudi, ki se čutijo, da jih je globalizacija opeharila in da migracijski tokovi ogrožajo njihovo prihodnost. Pri tem ne gre nujno za frustracije ljudi, ki imajo negativne izkušnje z globalizacijo in migracijami, pač pa za tiste, ki živijo v regijah, ki so bile obema bolj izpostavljene. Pomembna je splošna percepcija frustracij in strahu v nekem okolju, ki volilce žene k ekstremnemu glasovanju.
Since the UK referendum, there has been a lively debate about the extent to which the result was driven by immigration. Immigration was indeed a central issue in the campaign, and there is some evidence that at least some areas which have seen rapid growth in migrant populations saw large votes to Leave. But other explanations are available; Leave was particularly strong in areas which suffered most from the decline of manufacturing industry in the 1980s, long before the recent rise in immigration. One analysis suggested that one of the strongest predictors of a Leave vote at a local level was the degree to which the economy was exposed to competition from Chinese imports.
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