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This election may or may not be revolutionary in the traditional sense, a hinge point where history seems to take a turn, or at least changes shape in its endless push toward “progress.” But one thing is for sure: it has been incredibly instructive in giving us observers a view into how power really functions.

It turns out that the major political and social scientists of the last 60 years were right. Here are just two of the ways where they predicted the evolution of our political process:

Lewis Mumford Accurately Described ‘The Machine’

This is the big one. We won’t recount Mumford’s entire theory here, but the gist of his argument is that the various machines protect one another. The media protects the banks, which protects the government, which protects the corporations, and so on. The result is a kind of hyper-resilient mesh of governing structures which are highly resistant to reform. They all have their own individual motivations, but all support the expansion of centralized power and control.

We see this clearly today in this article from the Associated Press: “Analysis: Trump ‘rigged’ vote claim may leave lasting damage.” It reads:

Donald Trump keeps peddling the notion the vote may be rigged. It’s unclear whether he understands the potential damage of his words, or simply doesn’t care…. Clinton and congressional Republicans, should they retain control, would be left trying to govern in a country divided not just by ideology, but also the legitimacy of the presidency.

God forbid this criminal government have its legitimacy imperiled! The horror. We might have people questioning whether our countless illegal wars are moral. People might even think they can govern themselves! The AP continues:

As Trump’s campaign careens from crisis to crisis, he’s broadened his unfounded allegations that Clinton, her backers and the media are conspiring to steal the election.

Unfounded. Wow. That’s plainly not true, and we have dozens, perhaps hundreds of emails both from the DNC hacks and the leaked Clinton email server that prove at least some soft collusion between the media and outfits like the CNN and the AP, as well as bloggers, and individual TV personalities. It defies the common sense of anyone paying attention.  Read More »