A Rigged System

Following the High Court ruling against the government that it had the right to bypass Parliament when triggering Britain’s exit from the European Union we have seen a large segment of the press come out vociferously against the judiciary. The charge being that it was a rigged system, much like the charge of Trump and Trumpsters against anything and everything that is perceived to be against them.

We have spoken before about feelings replacing facts in shaping our reality and the blunt anti-establishment rage that seems to infect so many at present times. The attacks against the judges who ruled against the government as being 'enemies of the people' should send a shiver down ones spine. We should be wary of those who, like Trump, seek to channel that indiscriminate anger against society itself. Trump's accusation of a rigged system is no different from the rigged system that is being alleged by some in the UK.

In many ways BREXIT and Trump are the product of an extraordinary period of economic pain, demographic anxiety, and elite backlash. History is full of crowd pleasers who have used the anger of the populace to seize power. As the US goes to the polls our hope is that American voters will not make the mistake that the UK made when voting for BREXIT.