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Nowhere in this essay does Chris Hedges advocate for supporting the establishment. In fact, it's just the opposite. Hedges says that we got Trump because of the establishment, which certainly doesn't mean that we should support the establishment.

Trump is only a fake anti-establishment candidate. There's no such thing as a billionaire who's anti-establishment. Trump says that he's opposed to some things like certain wars and unfettered international trade, but as soon as he got any resistance to his attempts to change those things he backed down. Trump only cares about his money and his ego, and his only real issue is whether you're for or against him. Trump is a vile racist, sexist, and misogynist, and he lies constantly, often outrageously. The only reason that the establishment doesn't like him is because he puts a bad face on them and all the evils they do, and sometimes says in public what they want kept private, such as the U.S. stealing Syria's oil.

Trump is not the answer to our problems. If you think there's an electoral answer -- and to be clear, i don't because the system is so corrupt and rigged for the establishment -- then support ACTUAL anti-establishment candidates, not phony ones like Trump.

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