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Trump the revolutionary

21 December 2016

7:16 AM

21 December 2016

7:16 AM

Republican Presidential Nominee Donald Trump Holds Election Night Event In New York CityDonald J. Trump is a revolutionary no less than the late Fidel Castro. Why should military fatigues be de rigueur? It’s only a modern conceit that says someone dressed in a Brioni suit and sporting diamond cufflinks can’t be a revolutionary. Revolutionaries seek to overthrow the prevailing power structure by mobilising large masses of ordinary people for political struggle and political life. The president-elect is such a man.

Who exactly is the target of Trump’s revolution? The sociologist C.

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