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| America’s Zero Moment |
By Dr. Maya Rockeymoore 2017-01-01
For some time, the U.S. has been taking on water as it has neared a hurricane generating gale force winds of racism, sexism, xenophobia, homophobia, and Islamophobia and tidal waves of economic inequality, demographic shifts, sociocultural strife, institutional decay, and geopolitical instability within the U.S. and abroad.
Facing increasingly treacherous conditions, partially of his own making, it is not imprudent to contemplate whether Mr. Trump’s leadership could lead America to it’s zero moment, the point at which the forces of gravity — exacerbated by a careless tweet, diplomatic misstep, or intemperate decision — could become so destabilizing as to pull the nation down into a watery grave. |
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| The 500 richest people in the world got $237 billion richer in 2016 |
By Alan Pyke 2016-12-30
Such inequality isn’t just a condition of economic strife. It’s a cause of it. Yet in countries around the world, the broke billions are being encouraged to blame their own dire straits on other poor people. And it’s working. Xenophobic, nativist politicians on the extreme right edge of the traditional political spectrum have captured a larger and larger share of power. |
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