Sunday, September 11, 2016
Saturday, September 10, 2016
What COLOR is Hillary Clinton?
What COLOR is globalism?
PURPLE
Clinton is an insider's insider. She has demonstrated a deep commitment to maintaining or increasing first her personal power, secondarily her patrons' power, and then she might start thinking about her party's or her country's power. With her husband, she's been willing to work with any RED, BLUE or PURPLE who's interested in further concentrating political, economic or social power into their hands.
While there is fierce and sometimes deadly conflict among factions of the globalist elites, they're all motivated by the same basic proposition:
PURPLE
Clinton is an insider's insider. She has demonstrated a deep commitment to maintaining or increasing first her personal power, secondarily her patrons' power, and then she might start thinking about her party's or her country's power. With her husband, she's been willing to work with any RED, BLUE or PURPLE who's interested in further concentrating political, economic or social power into their hands.
While there is fierce and sometimes deadly conflict among factions of the globalist elites, they're all motivated by the same basic proposition:
"All the worlds eggs should be in one basket."
The fighting is over who owns the basket. If a few eggs get broken in the process, there's that many more omelets to serve up to their subordinates. And the drama of conflict draws attention away from the innumerable ways globalists cooperate to make sure outsiders aren't permitted to play in any of their games.
Saturday, February 27, 2016
What COLOR is Donald Trump?
What COLOR is nationalism?
PURPLE-GRAY
Why do so many REDS and ORANGES and YELLOWS prefer Trump to the other Republican candidates?
Trump is popular among conservatives simply by being a successful businessman. Nothing succeeds like success and conservatives tend to value results over intentions or procedural justice. The fact that Trump doesn't have to go around begging a bunch of donors for support, also means he's nobody's puppet. Conservatives like to vote for self-made men.
There's also a large anti-PURPLE sentiment among the ORANGE and YELLOW grassroots of the Republican party. They feel that a PURPLE-GRAY billionaire is more likely to represent their interests than a PURPLE-RED candidate like Rubio. PURPLE-RED elected officials have a tendency to sell out ORANGE and YELLOW interests well before push comes to shove. The PURPLE-RED establishment has been pushing PURPLE-RED candidates down the grassroots' throats every election cycle since Reagan and now the base is revolting.
There are also a lot of marginally interested voters who are coming out in droves to vote for Trump. He's GRAY enough to appeal to the average people who don't obsess about politics. He speaks in simple language and has a clear message that appeals to low-information voters. Trump has turned the election into political Survivor for the reality-TV-loving masses. Those voters are why Trump has a yuuge lead over the ORANGE-RED Cruz.
PURPLE-GRAY
Why do so many REDS and ORANGES and YELLOWS prefer Trump to the other Republican candidates?
Trump is popular among conservatives simply by being a successful businessman. Nothing succeeds like success and conservatives tend to value results over intentions or procedural justice. The fact that Trump doesn't have to go around begging a bunch of donors for support, also means he's nobody's puppet. Conservatives like to vote for self-made men.
There's also a large anti-PURPLE sentiment among the ORANGE and YELLOW grassroots of the Republican party. They feel that a PURPLE-GRAY billionaire is more likely to represent their interests than a PURPLE-RED candidate like Rubio. PURPLE-RED elected officials have a tendency to sell out ORANGE and YELLOW interests well before push comes to shove. The PURPLE-RED establishment has been pushing PURPLE-RED candidates down the grassroots' throats every election cycle since Reagan and now the base is revolting.
There are also a lot of marginally interested voters who are coming out in droves to vote for Trump. He's GRAY enough to appeal to the average people who don't obsess about politics. He speaks in simple language and has a clear message that appeals to low-information voters. Trump has turned the election into political Survivor for the reality-TV-loving masses. Those voters are why Trump has a yuuge lead over the ORANGE-RED Cruz.
Sunday, February 7, 2016
Shifting Colors
Real life is a lot messier than any chart or axis I'm likely to come up with. The scattered, clumpy, shifting patterns in the image below are a little bit closer to how politics actually works.
NOTE: If none of the circles are moving, your browser isn't set up to handle animated SVG images. Sorry.
Each circle in the image can be seen as a particular faction or ideology coming into and out of power or popularity. Multiple colors converging represents how coalitions form and break up. Individual dots moving away from the center are becoming more extreme, while those drifting towards the center are becoming less so.
Politics is messy, but politics is built up from the individual choices of many people. When you step back from these recurring factional battles, the broader political patterns represented on the Asplund Chart emerge.
NOTE: If none of the circles are moving, your browser isn't set up to handle animated SVG images. Sorry.
Each circle in the image can be seen as a particular faction or ideology coming into and out of power or popularity. Multiple colors converging represents how coalitions form and break up. Individual dots moving away from the center are becoming more extreme, while those drifting towards the center are becoming less so.
Politics is messy, but politics is built up from the individual choices of many people. When you step back from these recurring factional battles, the broader political patterns represented on the Asplund Chart emerge.
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