Subject: Re: Business leaders afraid of Trump
Over the years, the US has supported the exiled wealthy of countries which have become more egalitarian which I would call more democratic by representing the will of the vast majority of their population. Whether they were or not, we tended to call those government "Communist" and would support the anti-government side in civil wars. Whether Iran, Cuba, San Salvador, Chile, Vietnam, Korea, Venezuela, China et al, we always supported the wealthy - generally associated with authoritarians, and opposed governments elected by "the people".

I've always considered this odd, considering the emphasis we place on our own government being a democracy. That word (democracy) has recently been explained as "we live in a republic, not a true democracy" which, considering the Electoral College electing the president rather than the majority of the voters is probable true.

So, who was responsible for this? Believe it or not, college educated presidents, cabinmate members and the majority of those in Congress. Despite their education (because of it?), they were willing to mislead the US population that they were doing "the work of the Lord", when in reality they were bringing back to power the wealthy upper crust who were willing to make deals with US business.

In the election of our latest president, there has been an undercurrent supporting the fact that higher education was left-leaning and not worthy of the concern of the MAGA world of high school graduates.

As a sense in the sincerity of this position amongst the current government, check this out:

So far, Trump has appointed 35 people to lead departments and agencies or serve in key ambassadorial roles—positions that are subject to Senate confirmation. Together, they have 65 degrees from 46 institutions. All of the picks except one have bachelor’s degrees, while 14 went to law school. Another five went to medical school. The appointees went to small private liberal arts colleges and public land-grant institutions, among other types. Two graduated from for-profit colleges. About 25 percent of the appointees attended an Ivy League university. Harvard awarded seven of the degrees—the most of any college on the list thus far.

The major difference between their views and their predecessors, is that formerly, it was pretended that we were supporting democracy in our choices, but the current on doesn't make much attempt to pretend - except to present a facade that they are "just like" the political support of their boss.

Jeff