I am very tired of the Hitler analogies. Trump won't kill millions, and is now way as evil as Hitler. I don't like him all that much, BUT.....

I agree. There will never be a Galt candidate, even after we are long dead. The reason is so many Objectivists view Objectivism differently and we will never agree even among ourselves. This is especially true of the dogmatic Objectivists who view any deviation from their view to either immoral or evil.

Trump is our best chance to secure change.

So, why do people hate Trump so much? Martin Armstrong explained yesterday in an article “Why Trump Haters Really Hate Trump.”

It’s not the hair.

Or the bad manners.

Or the “beautiful” wall he says he’ll build.

There’s a different, more subtle reason why the Republican establishment, donor class, political operatives, and the news media in general hate Donald Trump.

The reason can be found in a New York Times best selling business book, Stacking The Deck, by Wharton professor David Pottruck.

Pottruck, the Charles Schwab CEO who took the genial brokerage house online and into the big time, says that organizations hate change.

Hate it with a PASSION!

That’s because when there’s a new way of doing things, a new way of solving problems, a new way of relating to everything, they feel threatened as a deep personal-loss.

Change renders meaningless the value of their hard-won experience and know-how. In politics, it may mean family member lose their cushy jobs and perks.

Student loans of government employees get automatically paid off by government – TAX-FREE.

Those in government have done things one way forever. Change is NOT FAIR to them

Everything they have done to line their pockets is threatened. The rules of the game may no longer apply.

So they dig in their heels and will do whatever it takes to resist change.

They resist perpetually until forced otherwise.

They subvert any process that would lead to change.

Until they lose, it becomes open warfare against the people to sustain the establishment and its perks.

And so it is with Donald Trump.

Like him or not, he has completely rewritten the rules of Presidential politics.

He bypasses the media, taking his message, raw and unfiltered, to the millions of people who follow him on Twitter.

The party establishment went from underestimating him and laughing at him to fearing him and breaking out in night sweats.

They fear all their power and relevance will vanish into thing air.

Donors gave Jeb Bush $120 million and he came in dead last.

The money, like Jeb, is gone and it could not save their fiefdom.

Now wealthy donors have a choice. Oppose Trump and he wins and they are out in the cold. Understand there is a change in the wind and shift sides to the people.

How ironic. It took a billionaire to neuter the billionaire donor class.

Most of the media hate Trump to the core and dislike the fact they are no longer able to play kingmaker losing their power fearing they will be irrelevant with the internet displacing them.

The political class have lost the power to rule behind the curtain from paid operatives and cronies who cannot transition to the new world where the old rules of campaigning don’t apply.

Trump has spent more on hats than he has on polls so the pollsters also have lost their importance.

Diplomats worldwide are running scared because Trump will renegotiate everything from a business standpoint that cannot be bought like Hillary & her foundation.

The handwringing, the dire predictions of doom, and the wailing and gnashing of teeth have little to do with Donald’s positions, but their loss of power.

They complain Trump is bringing in new voters who are not Republican. And this is bad?

The Trump threat isn’t to the Constitution, to America’s standing in the world, or even to Republican Congressional candidates, it is to the establishment.

If you think Trump’s supporters are angry about the way the government and the business world colluded, you are right. The establishment fails to appreciate the anger.

They’re just furious. Even if Trump fails to win, there will be more in the wings. He is inspiring a change and he doesn’t even understand how profound.

You and many others choose to vote in fear of Democrat statism because GOP statists tell you they will act to defend liberty and free markets. The results of the past 30 years proves the GOP will march toward bigger government instead- the opposite of their promises. You choose to ignore the reality and vote in fear of Dem statism for GOP statism in the unsupportable belief that that will be better than voting for a principled candidate like Gary Johnson. If people who believe in the principles of individual liberty and free markets do what you propose the result is clear in the actions and results of the past 30 years- more intrusive, bigger government and less liberty. You assume that the GOP will do less harm based on GOP propaganda not on reality. Bush did more harm to individual liberty than Clinton and set a statist example for Obama to follow. You can choose to vote based on principle for a candidate like Gary Johnson, but you choose to waste your vote and consent to a statist oppressive government. Repeating the same action and expecting a different result is not objectivist.
"Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."

I don't think discussions with you are productive. Goodbye

You are a real hater. Just admit it

Thinking like yours is going to get Hillary or Sanders elected in November to Lord over all of us. If that's what you want in order to destroy the country and end the reign of ststism, just admit it. It is an arguable position -"To stop the motor of the world"

You are becoming incoherent. What are you talking a,bout???. "PlaydoughS original philosophy of unknown guy feelings"???

You are making totally false claims now. This forum is for rational people. I am not the leftist you claim. Perhaps you should prove it before making claims like that. You are entitled to your opinion of course, and so am i

I haven't come here to win or lose but to have rational discussions on interestingvtopics

Government is not going to become "dramatically smaller" in the forseeable future no matter who is president, let alone a couple of cabinet members. Trump has shown no inclination to reduce the power of government at all, let alone protect the rights of the individual.

Meanwhile we can only do what is possible.

Morality pertains to the realm of choice. Where there is no choice there is no choosing on moral principle. There is no choice over the kind of government we have now. Looking at what candidate is likely to be the least harmful in what realms is not fear, it is evaluation of facts. The refusal to do that is immoral.

I don't think any one culture has a lock on good ideas.
The quote credit was probably not the best choice after some research I find it attributed to many people including Ghandi , JFK and others on different searches. I never spoke to Ghandi nor heard him talk . I had heard he said it somewhere and posted without verification.
It most likely is an old Chinese proverb or Confusius saying.
The meaning is --in the face of bad times or hopelessness it is more worthwhile to do some good however small in response.
Thank you for your comments.

It sounds like you are one of the true believer objectivists. I really dont get what you are talking about. If one is not a true believer, one is then a leftist?