American Nihilistic Jihad

Nihilism appeared in two articles in this weeks Economist.  I had to look it up.  The first definition is about a rejection of all religious and moral guidelines because life is meaningless.

But what struck me more was the third definition, from the Russian Revolution.  It was the belief that there was nothing of value in the established Tsarist order worth saving, so all could be destroyed.  And so they did, the downtrodden rose up and destroyed the existing order.

A while back peace was reached in Ireland.  The bloody revolutionaries of the IRA came to terms with the British.  Why?  Well it seems the under lying reason was that the economy of Northern Ireland was beginning to improve.  The people were no longer desperate, and didn’t want to be bombing stuff that would hurt their growing businesses.  Economic well being.

We read about the Sunnis and the Shiites, and, I suspect most of us don’t get it.  They’re both Islam.  What’s up?  Well, the Sunnis used to be in charge in Iraq and suppressed the Shiites.  The Sunnis, comfortable, weren’t really into the whole jihad thing.

The Shiites, on the other hand, were economically depressed, and they are the ones who believed in nilisitic jihad.  That’s right, nothing is worth saving in the current ruling order, destroy it all.

Well times are changing.  After we invaded Iraq and threw out the Sunnis, the Shiites took over.  And suppressed the Sunnis.  And guess what, the Shiites beliefs are softening on jihad, and the Sunnis are starting to embrace it.

Time and again, the economically downtrodden feel they have nothing to lose, and see nothing worth saving in current ruling order.  Destroy it all.  Nihilistic jihad.

And in America?  Well the economy is no longer working for a large segment of our country.  There are frustrated, desperate people out there.  They see nothing in the current ruling order worth saving.

The 1% have grown at their expense, the 1% have created them.  About 30% of the 99% left over have reached the state of embracing nihilistic jihad.  The destruction of the current ruling order.

They have a leader.  A visionary speaking to them (exploiting them?).  His name is Trump.

Who stands in his way?  A well-funded woman on very good terms with the 1%.  Hillary.

Isn’t it obvious what’s going on here?