{"id":259,"date":"2016-11-01T19:16:44","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T02:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theagon.org\/blog\/?p=259"},"modified":"2016-11-01T20:08:11","modified_gmt":"2016-11-02T03:08:11","slug":"hillary-versus-america-part-ix-an-interlude-in-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theagon.org\/blog\/?p=259","title":{"rendered":"Hillary Versus America: Part IX \u00e2\u20ac\u201d An Interlude in Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If one can view the following three videos synoptically, no more is necessary to understand why Hillary Clinton must not be president:<\/p>\n<p>First, she is <em>the<\/em> avatar of <a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/intelligencer\/2016\/04\/america-tyranny-donald-trump.html\" target=\"_blank\">oligarchic status quo<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Corruption is Legal in America\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5tu32CCA_Ig?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>(Note: this video confuses democracy and small-&#8220;r&#8221; republicanism, and the solutions it suggests are sophomoric and doomed to failure. But focus on the illustration of the problem, and let these failings pass.)<\/p>\n<p>Second, oligarchy is the natural tendency of all rulership. A second Clinton presidency will, without question, accelerate this &#8220;progress&#8221; in America:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Rules for Rulers\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rStL7niR7gs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Third, men long dead saw right through her, which should have you asking: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=O9ajZhH-yds\" target=\"_blank\">why can&#8217;t you manage it<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Bastiat - The Law\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g1glR0LRT-M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If these don&#8217;t help you see why she must be kept from power, I probably can&#8217;t help you either. In which case: Enjoy your berth in the gulags, comrade!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If one can view the following three videos synoptically, no more is necessary to understand why Hillary Clinton must not be president: First, she is the avatar of oligarchic status quo: (Note: this video confuses democracy and small-&#8220;r&#8221; republicanism, and the solutions it suggests are sophomoric and doomed to failure. But focus on the illustration [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,26,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-endarkenment","category-hillary-series","category-rekindling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theagon.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theagon.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theagon.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theagon.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theagon.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=259"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.theagon.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":265,"href":"https:\/\/www.theagon.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259\/revisions\/265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theagon.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theagon.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theagon.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}