theotherwaldo
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Among the nobles of Great Britain during the 18th and early 19th centuries there was a common term for those that gained their wealth from trade, manufacturing or other tawdry sources not related to their ancestry.
That term was 'mushroom'.
The implication was that the individual in question was someone that rose from shit and was therefore someone that could never be of any real importance.
This is how our new nobility, our political class, regard Donald Trump and those that are associated with him.
This political class has normally regard businessmen like what Trump used to be similarly to how the great carnivores regard herd animals - something to be taken down and consumed once they get fat enough, if the carnivore gets a bit hungry.
That is, if the political animal would like the support of a union or other organization then they would use their powers and connections to strip their prey of their businesses, possessions, positions and sometimes their freedom in order to help themselves or their friends toward their next goals.
Sometimes, they merely use their allies to shear their victims of a portion of their holdings, in the expectation that said victim will grow more holdings that will become worth taking at a later date.
Elon Musk's Tesla is a classic example.
Most of the traditional automotive companies expected their noble allies to bankrupt this upstart and then hand the company over to them so that it could be either consumed or quietly buried.
At the company's lowest point, Elon offered to sell the company to Apple for one-tenth of its value at the time.
Apple turned him down, as they expected to be presented with the company - gratis.
Now, Apple has exited the electric car development market... .
Donald Trump is probably the greatest example of what that prey animal can become when he decides to quit being prey and starts to be, if not a predator, then at least something like a water buffalo.
No longer a mushroom, indeed.
Predators beware.
That term was 'mushroom'.
The implication was that the individual in question was someone that rose from shit and was therefore someone that could never be of any real importance.
This is how our new nobility, our political class, regard Donald Trump and those that are associated with him.
This political class has normally regard businessmen like what Trump used to be similarly to how the great carnivores regard herd animals - something to be taken down and consumed once they get fat enough, if the carnivore gets a bit hungry.
That is, if the political animal would like the support of a union or other organization then they would use their powers and connections to strip their prey of their businesses, possessions, positions and sometimes their freedom in order to help themselves or their friends toward their next goals.
Sometimes, they merely use their allies to shear their victims of a portion of their holdings, in the expectation that said victim will grow more holdings that will become worth taking at a later date.
Elon Musk's Tesla is a classic example.
Most of the traditional automotive companies expected their noble allies to bankrupt this upstart and then hand the company over to them so that it could be either consumed or quietly buried.
At the company's lowest point, Elon offered to sell the company to Apple for one-tenth of its value at the time.
Apple turned him down, as they expected to be presented with the company - gratis.
Now, Apple has exited the electric car development market... .
Donald Trump is probably the greatest example of what that prey animal can become when he decides to quit being prey and starts to be, if not a predator, then at least something like a water buffalo.
No longer a mushroom, indeed.
Predators beware.
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Yup, just like that!