Transforming

BREXIT, LIKE DONALD TRUMP, is something of a revolution. Political revolutions are not beneficial if they are not sane, and transformative if they make sense. Neither Brexit nor the Donald is a sane alternative to the status quo, no matter how badly we despise the status quo. For Britain, dumping the European Union is probably a wrong headed move. Trump, in a word, is nuts. There will be no Mexican built wall, and there will be no ban on Islamic immigration. Nor will there be a reversal of free trade policies. The trick is to allow for the free movement of capital and goods, while keeping labor at home, and allowing it to share a fair share of the rewards of its labor. What the doctor ordered is Bernie Sanders, and a redistribution of wealth, for the purpose of enhancing, not limiting, capitalism. That political revolutions are fomenting on both sides of the Atlantic is encouraging, whether they are wrong headed or not. Who knows? Maybe Occupy Wall Street will fire back up, and the Russians will dump Putin. Nothing against Putin, you understand, but a little freedom and democracy never hurt anyone. Not only does the European Union make perfect sense, but a similar arrangement in the Americas would make even more sense. The United states of North America, capitol in Washington D.C., the American dollar becoming the currency of Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean islands. You can almost see the standard of living south of the U.S. border moving up,profits increasing for business, and the working class becoming a new middle class.