Now is the autumn of our political discontent. Three politicians, Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump in the United States and Jeremy Corbyn in Britain, are following the footsteps of the great Marxist, Groucho, in proclaiming that “Whatever it is, I’m against it.” Politics may not be for these three particular politicians “show business for ugly people,” but the three are now starring in political theater in their dramatic portrayals of challenges to prevailing social and economic conditions. In 1956 the play “Look Back in Anger” written by John Osborne introduced the image of “angry young men,” impatient individuals disillusioned with their society. Sanders, Trump, and Corbyn, middle-aged and elderly, are similarly expressing a rejection of what they conceive to be an outmoded, and perhaps corrupt, society. Comparisons of the three are not invidious. Whether their expression are sincere or not, all three are personae...(Read Full Article)