After The 2016 Election: A Gullible and Shattered America David Kerans Strategic CultureBoth inside the US and around the world, political observers have been waiting a long time for an election that would promise relief from the most noxious features of the American system. Alas, while it is high time that the US lead the way in reversing these trends, the outcome of the 18 month struggle to elect a new administration looks likely to scuttle all hopes for serious leadership and reform. I m looking forward to a market crash to awaken the electorate out of our rut, honestly. Because if a Loony Tunes candidate {meaning Donald Trump   DK} doesn t give Democrats the courage to put up a push-left candidate {Bernie Sanders, or some facsimile   DK}, then catastrophe is the only correction we have left.   Commenter  Snapshotist Both inside the US and around the world, political observers have been waiting a long time for an election that would promise relief from the most noxious features of the American system, such as neoliberal economic austerity policies that hamstring governments  ability to maintain basic services and safety nets, military aggression and destabilization of regimes across a wide swathe of the globe, wholesale violation of privacy via NSA surveillance, trade agreements designed to maximize the power of international corporations over national governments, facilitation of fossil fuel extraction and infrastructure in the face of dire climate change consequences, a financial system sucking wealth away from the population and accelerating wealth inequality, and more.Alas, while it is high time that the US lead the way in reversing these trends, the outcome of the 18 month struggle to elect a new presidential administration looks likely to scuttle all hopes for serious leadership and reform on any of these critical issues. It follows, therefore, that in the near term (if not longer), progress will not be possible unless new forms of politics arise to deliver pressure from below on Washington, DC. But how much hope can we have for that?Continue this story at Strategic CultureREAD MORE ELECTION NEWS AT: 21st Century Wire 2016 FilesMiddle-east
after the election a gullible shattered america david means strategic cultureboth inside us around world political observers waiting long time election would promise relief noxious features american system alas high time us lead way reversing trends outcome month struggle elect new administration looks likely shuttle hopes serious leadership reform i looking forward market crash awaken electorate rut honestly because loon tunes candidate meaning donald trump dk give democrats courage put candidate bernie sanders facsimile dk catastrophe correction left commented snapshots both inside us around world political observers waiting long time election would promise relief noxious features american system neoliberal economic austerity policies hamstring governments ability maintain basic services safety nets military aggression stabilization regimes across wide swath globe wholesale violation privacy via nsa surveillance trade agreements designed maximize power international corporations national governments facilitation fossil fuel extraction infrastructure face dire climate change consequences financial system sucking wealth away population accelerating wealth inequality high time us lead way reversing trends outcome month struggle elect new presidential administration looks likely shuttle hopes serious leadership reform critical issues it follows therefore near term longer progress possible unless new forms politics arise deliver pressure washington dc but much hope continue story strategic cultureread more election news at century wire
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: After The 2016 Election: A Gullible and Shattered America David Kerans Strategic CultureBoth inside the US and around the world, political observers have been waiting a long time for an election that would promise relief from the most noxious features of the American system. Alas, while it is high time that the US lead the way in reversing these trends, the outcome of the 18 month struggle to elect a new administration looks likely to scuttle all hopes for serious leadership and reform. I m looking forward to a market crash to awaken the electorate out of our rut, honestly. Because if a Loony Tunes candidate {meaning Donald Trump   DK} doesn t give Democrats the courage to put up a push-left candidate {Bernie Sanders, or some facsimile   DK}, then catastrophe is the only correction we have left.   Commenter  Snapshotist Both inside the US and around the world, political observers have been waiting a long time for an election that would promise relief from the most noxious features of the American system, such as neoliberal economic austerity policies that hamstring governments  ability to maintain basic services and safety nets, military aggression and destabilization of regimes across a wide swathe of the globe, wholesale violation of privacy via NSA surveillance, trade agreements designed to maximize the power of international corporations over national governments, facilitation of fossil fuel extraction and infrastructure in the face of dire climate change consequences, a financial system sucking wealth away from the population and accelerating wealth inequality, and more.Alas, while it is high time that the US lead the way in reversing these trends, the outcome of the 18 month struggle to elect a new presidential administration looks likely to scuttle all hopes for serious leadership and reform on any of these critical issues. It follows, therefore, that in the near term (if not longer), progress will not be possible unless new forms of politics arise to deliver pressure from below on Washington, DC. But how much hope can we have for that?Continue this story at Strategic CultureREAD MORE ELECTION NEWS AT: 21st Century Wire 2016 FilesMiddle-east
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: after the election a gullible shattered america david means strategic cultureboth inside us around world political observers waiting long time election would promise relief noxious features american system alas high time us lead way reversing trends outcome month struggle elect new administration looks likely shuttle hopes serious leadership reform i looking forward market crash awaken electorate rut honestly because loon tunes candidate meaning donald trump dk give democrats courage put candidate bernie sanders facsimile dk catastrophe correction left commented snapshots both inside us around world political observers waiting long time election would promise relief noxious features american system neoliberal economic austerity policies hamstring governments ability maintain basic services safety nets military aggression stabilization regimes across wide swath globe wholesale violation privacy via nsa surveillance trade agreements designed maximize power international corporations national governments facilitation fossil fuel extraction infrastructure face dire climate change consequences financial system sucking wealth away population accelerating wealth inequality high time us lead way reversing trends outcome month struggle elect new presidential administration looks likely shuttle hopes serious leadership reform critical issues it follows therefore near term longer progress possible unless new forms politics arise deliver pressure washington dc but much hope continue story strategic cultureread more election news at century wire