It will open some eyes though and that's better than nothing.
Perhaps we are seeing the front edge of a real awakening. With Trump as the ante-Christ and reality to follow.
A real awakening for some, maybe. But it will probably blow over soon. The
Citigroup Plutonomy memos have been around for years and I've only heard about them recently. Has anyone else here heard about them? Has there been any uproar about them? The people mentioned in the Panama Papers leak are
some of the richest, most powerful people on earth, served
by a single firm. Take a moment to consider that this is just the tip of the iceberg of a global economy that exists to concentrate more and more wealth into the coffers of the mega-wealthy. It's in the best interests of all the people engaging in these acts to manufacture some diversion to keep attention away from them or to produce enough scapegoats and theater to satisfy the masses that the problem has been resolved. And they have the money and power to do it.
ALEC didn't cease to exist when it was exposed. And many corporations that ended their membership in that organization since then have probably just moved their operations to other venues away from the public spotlight.
As for Trump, I think his popularity can be explained by an awakening. He represents the frustration of the Republican masses who, while not fully consciously, have begun to sense the truth that the Republican party has been duping them for decades and does not actually represent them; the Republican party serves, at most, several thousand of the wealthiest people in the nation (and some other nations too).
