Why Trump Phenomenon Signals an Oligarchy on the Brink

of a Civilization-Threatening Collapse. A short excerpt below illustrating that due to our frustration with a rigged system we got the fascist upstart populist (Dump) instead of the honest progressive one (Sanders). The result was accurately predicted: "conditions too horrific to contemplate." Unfortunately the other alternative is also happening: "the establishment will continue to 'respond ineffectively' until our economy collapses."

"Scientifically speaking, oligarchies always collapse because they are designed to extract wealth from the lower levels of society, concentrate it at the top, and block adaptation by concentrating oligarchic power as well. Though it may take some time, extraction eventually eviscerates the productive levels of society, and the system becomes increasingly brittle. Internal pressures and the sense of betrayal grow as desperation and despair multiply everywhere except at the top, but effective reform seems impossible because the system seems thoroughly rigged. In the final stages, a raft of upstart leaders emerge, some honest and some fascistic, all seeking to channel pent-up frustration towards their chosen ends. If we are lucky, the public will mobilize behind honest leaders and effective reforms. If we are unlucky, either the establishment will continue to 'respond ineffectively' until our economy collapses, or a fascist will take over and create conditions too horrific to contemplate.”