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After the Cuban revolutionaries Fidel Castro and Che Guevara deposed the corrupt Batista regime, they struggled to assess the parameters of a people-centric new government which would not fall to the same flaws regarding non-representative rule. Castro and Guevara were very much by nature free-spirited intellectuals and radicals and were commended for adapting revolutionary fervor into economics-based political leadership (even though technically Cuba struggled to forge lucrative relations with America).
Now imagine in the modern era, a group of American movie stars decided to become high-profile masked bank robbers with a prophetic anti-federalism message directed at the overtly capitalism-subjective Trump Administration. They manage to win so much public support because of their daring and dramatic and nationalism-fervor bank robberies that they are able to use their popularity to overthrow the social control created by a capitalism-obsessed Trump Administration, and Trump is soon thereafter impeached for his overtly anti-populist and racist statements made (in favor of 'trickle-down leadership') during his presidential campaign.
The band of movie-star bank robbers meanwhile are elevated to the status of 'political martyrs' and are soon thereafter elected into the US Senate (not unlike the story of Phoolan Devi in India). As senators, these movie-star bank robbers decide to call themselves the Federalism Absurdists and the name sticks, and soon there is even a Hollywood film made about their feats (in the social and political arenas).
One of the Absurdists (the 'captain' of the group) is, say, the American movie-star Tom Cruise who then decides to run for president. He is elected as US President in 2024, and his first act is to use the Internet to promote free-speech and religious pluralism dialogue.
Cruise is soon referred to as the first People's President, more representative of pedestrian daydreams and concerns than even JFK or Abraham Lincoln.
Would such a 'leader' still be 'villified' in the press? Would critics still say, "The People's President (Tom Cruise) was once just a daredevil bank-robber!" similar to how they say, "Che Guevara is a guerilla, not a political officer!"?
I suppose the answer to such questions can only be answered by an evaluation of the cultural respect afforded to democracy-fervor 'avatars' such as Uncle Sam (a pro-military 'mascot') and Captain America (a pro-democracy 'crusader').
This sort of 'sociological tinkering' will be the real intellectual challenge of the capitalism-subjective Trump Administration, since the modern age requires political leaders to balance cultural consumerism 'gluttony' (e.g., Facebook) with utilitarian mercantilism-based politics (e.g., European Union). It's almost as if capitalism has become a cultural manual.
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TRUMP: Do you know how many American films have been made romanticizing bank robbery?
CARTER: The banking system in the USA is ingrained into federalism and consumerism.
TRUMP: Correct, so there's a ton of 'cultural bureaucracy.'
CARTER: That's why people feel like bank-robbery is a nice 'layman ale' tale.
TRUMP: I supposed bank robbery is not as 'evil' as murder or rape.
CARTER: It's still a crime, and romanticizing 'petty crimes' reveals strong anti-federalism sentiments.
TRUMP: That's right. If people are singing 'slave-songs,' they're obviously dissatisfied with governance.
CARTER: The other day I was wondering if I should buy my nephew a toy water-gun for his birthday.
TRUMP: The symbolism surrounding the marketing of toys has become political.
CARTER: Right, so we have to ask, "Is consumerism suddenly political?"
TRUMP: In many ways it is. After all, don't you care if the US Treasurer is shrewd about Wall Street?
CARTER: They even made a film (Leo DiCaprio) focusing on the 'pedestrian philosophy' of Wall Street!
TRUMP: That film is based on a capitalism-investigative book.
CARTER: Who cares? It's a movie now. The point is, Americans want unfiltered access to politics dialogue.
TRUMP: That's why The Charlie Rose Show has become so popular.
CARTER: Maybe Oprah Winfrey will be the next American President!
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Federalism (Wikipedia)
Now imagine in the modern era, a group of American movie stars decided to become high-profile masked bank robbers with a prophetic anti-federalism message directed at the overtly capitalism-subjective Trump Administration. They manage to win so much public support because of their daring and dramatic and nationalism-fervor bank robberies that they are able to use their popularity to overthrow the social control created by a capitalism-obsessed Trump Administration, and Trump is soon thereafter impeached for his overtly anti-populist and racist statements made (in favor of 'trickle-down leadership') during his presidential campaign.
The band of movie-star bank robbers meanwhile are elevated to the status of 'political martyrs' and are soon thereafter elected into the US Senate (not unlike the story of Phoolan Devi in India). As senators, these movie-star bank robbers decide to call themselves the Federalism Absurdists and the name sticks, and soon there is even a Hollywood film made about their feats (in the social and political arenas).
One of the Absurdists (the 'captain' of the group) is, say, the American movie-star Tom Cruise who then decides to run for president. He is elected as US President in 2024, and his first act is to use the Internet to promote free-speech and religious pluralism dialogue.
Cruise is soon referred to as the first People's President, more representative of pedestrian daydreams and concerns than even JFK or Abraham Lincoln.
Would such a 'leader' still be 'villified' in the press? Would critics still say, "The People's President (Tom Cruise) was once just a daredevil bank-robber!" similar to how they say, "Che Guevara is a guerilla, not a political officer!"?
I suppose the answer to such questions can only be answered by an evaluation of the cultural respect afforded to democracy-fervor 'avatars' such as Uncle Sam (a pro-military 'mascot') and Captain America (a pro-democracy 'crusader').
This sort of 'sociological tinkering' will be the real intellectual challenge of the capitalism-subjective Trump Administration, since the modern age requires political leaders to balance cultural consumerism 'gluttony' (e.g., Facebook) with utilitarian mercantilism-based politics (e.g., European Union). It's almost as if capitalism has become a cultural manual.
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TRUMP: Do you know how many American films have been made romanticizing bank robbery?
CARTER: The banking system in the USA is ingrained into federalism and consumerism.
TRUMP: Correct, so there's a ton of 'cultural bureaucracy.'
CARTER: That's why people feel like bank-robbery is a nice 'layman ale' tale.
TRUMP: I supposed bank robbery is not as 'evil' as murder or rape.
CARTER: It's still a crime, and romanticizing 'petty crimes' reveals strong anti-federalism sentiments.
TRUMP: That's right. If people are singing 'slave-songs,' they're obviously dissatisfied with governance.
CARTER: The other day I was wondering if I should buy my nephew a toy water-gun for his birthday.
TRUMP: The symbolism surrounding the marketing of toys has become political.
CARTER: Right, so we have to ask, "Is consumerism suddenly political?"
TRUMP: In many ways it is. After all, don't you care if the US Treasurer is shrewd about Wall Street?
CARTER: They even made a film (Leo DiCaprio) focusing on the 'pedestrian philosophy' of Wall Street!
TRUMP: That film is based on a capitalism-investigative book.
CARTER: Who cares? It's a movie now. The point is, Americans want unfiltered access to politics dialogue.
TRUMP: That's why The Charlie Rose Show has become so popular.
CARTER: Maybe Oprah Winfrey will be the next American President!
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Federalism (Wikipedia)