It is about the elite class, who expect and believe it is their right to govern.
It's clever, very clever.
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While I find much to sympathise with in the article - particularly the critique of all those who pushed the neo-liberal agenda from the early 90s onwards - I would argue that the basic premise of the author is flawed.
The current push to impeach Trump is not fundamentally founded in the desire of many cenrists to punish Trump and restore a previously dominant status quo,though many of his opponents are no doubt driven by such a motivation. It's simpler ... and deeper:
There have been serious and credible allegations made that the president broke the law (by trying to pressurise a foreign leader to provide dirt on a political opponent). The US constitution prescribes the procedure for dealing with such a situation; investigation and impeachment by the House of Representatives, trial in the Senate (where a two-thirds majority is necessary for conviction). For the House not to follow this procedure would be a serious dereliction of its duty (irrespective of the meager prospects of a Republican-controlled Senate to actually convict). It's about affirming the fundamental principle of all constitutional democracies - that, to use the memorable description of John Adams, they are "a government of laws and not of men." The impression should never be allowed to be suspected that our elected leaders are somehow above the law.
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