Notes
on International Highlights: a
“politically incorrect” view from South America
Trumpism,
Putinism and electricities
There seems to be
a kind of “magnetic wave” which
surrounds, protects and boosts candidate Donald Trump, who attracts not
so much
due to logic or arguments, but rather through these types of
“vibrations” that
the candidate brings out
1.
As seen from South
America, the pre-electoral process which the United States is currently
experiencing and which shall be wrapped up within a few weeks with the
election
of the Presidential Candidates for each party, causes much expectation
and is,
at the same time, a cause for concern.
2.
The expectations
are due to the natural influence which the United States continues to
exert
upon the region: any sneezes in this great nation could have political
and
economic consequences for the whole region to the south of the Rio
Grande.
3.
This concern comes,
on the one hand, from the fact that, as usual, the candidates with the
greatest
possibility of being elected do not show much interest in South
America, which
they often see with disdain and also unfairly as a backyard, rather
than a
decisive pendulum for the interests of the United States. On the other
hand,
this concern is also fully justified in the light of a psychological
phenomenon
which surrounds one of the Republican candidates with the greatest
chance of
being elected to the White House, Mr Donald Trump.
4.
Indeed, at least as
seen from afar, there seems to be a kind of “magnetic wave” that
surrounds,
protects and boosts candidate Donald Trump, which attracts not so much
for
logic and arguments, but also through the “vibrations” that this
candidate
transmits. Vibrations that help to unconditionally seduce, in a way
that is
hard to explain or understand, significant parts of the Republican
right and
centre.
5.
As several unbiased
specialists have indeed shown, Mr Trump has, in ideological and moral
terms,
had a past and a present full of contradictions. The losers, based on
these
contradictions, are the principles of private ownership, free
initiative, the
family, and the protection of those still to be born. One day Mr Trump
says
something, then the next day he says the exact opposite, and no-one
knows what
he will say tomorrow; this, not to even mention his eccentric attitudes
and
ridiculous airs.
6.
The confirmation of
contradictions as shown by Mr Trump would be enough, in even the
smallest of
Latin American countries, for any candidate to lose qualifications and
prestige
with the respective centre and right-wing public.
7.
However, this
mechanism of objective analysis seems not to be working at the present
time
with regard to candidate Mr Trump, and in a country where his best
centrist and
conservative elements would need to be rational and sensible, and where
people
are proud of not being taken away by waves of emotion.
8.
We do not have an
explanation for this phenomenon of group “electricities” that have been
acting
upon so many centrists and conservatives in the United States, like
psychological
“magnets” that attract them to such a controversial figure as Mr Trump.
We
admit that we are not able to present a sociological explanation that
is
sufficient for the problem and that at least brings a solution.
9.
Even so, the simple
fact that such a complex issue is raised for discussion could
contribute in
some way for the study and debate of this unique phenomenon of
obliteration of
reason and supremacy of emotivism.
10.
We have the right,
as international analysts, of publicly identifying this sui
generis psychomagnetic imam who seems to be the main instrument
of attraction for candidate Trump, and also to confirm the existence of
the
aforementioned contradictions in those sectors of the American right
and centre
who support this candidate.
11.
Wishing to take
things further, extending beyond the limits of these notes, we could
also
analyse the political careers of Putin in Russia and Le Pen in France,
both of
which have been marked by somewhat similar “electricities”.
12.
We stress that our intention is that of collaborating, as analysts of international reality, to study these delicate issues and also promote a healthy debate about the phenomena of social psychology that could set a new path for the United States and for the three Americas.
Original in Spanish:
http://www.cubdest.org/1606/c160128trump.htm