- CNN was wrong.
- NBC was wrong.
- ABC was wrong.
- CBS was wrong.
- NPR was wrong.
- Obama was wrong.
- Hillary was wrong.
- Biden was wrong.
- Hollywood was wrong.
- Starbucks was wrong.
- The Huffington Post was wrong.
- The pollsters were wrong.
- The insiders were wrong.
- Twitter was wrong.
- The Establishment was wrong.
- The Status-quo is wrong.
Experts pontificated how Trump had no experience in government. They vilified Trump supporters calling them racist, homophobic, morons - ‘deplorables’. Anti-Trump minions repeated over and over how Hillary was empathetic to the cause of women - although she’s chief enabler to her sexual predator husband.
Hillary followers trumpeted her stance on income equality - as she spewed to the masses clad in a $12,000.00 leisure suit.
Willing media operatives focused on the trivial content of lost emails, instead of explaining any government email found on a private device could be grounds for prosecution.
Every day Hillary supporters overlooked all the signs, imagining most Americans would too.
They were wrong.
Millions of people knew Trump was going to win. They didn’t ‘hope’, they ‘knew’. They knew the polls were inaccurate at best but more likely propaganda from a willing media. They felt the studies were skewed, talking heads biased, and celebrities no more than meat puppets.
This scenario is not isolated, it did not occur in a vacuum. Indeed, our little niche - imaging - is a parallel universe.
Reflect for a moment on those who espouse “print is not dead”.
Remember the slanted, corporate-sponsored, studies.
Consider the overwhelming dedication by some, to the copier models of yesteryear.
Can the establishment drive innovation? Can the status quo increase volumes? If we repeat over and over, more people want to print, does that mean volumes will increase? Will the old guard remain monolithically poised as Overlord?
No.
Brexit, Trump, and the remote worker reflect symptoms of technological turbulence. In the second decade of the 21st century, all established structures are in jeopardy because technology is shifting the power structure from the establishment by unleashing and empowering individuals.
Old forms, like the GOP and the DNC, are giving way to the “inexperienced” visionaries. Archaic business models like brick-and-mortar retail, taxi, lodging, and continuous manufacturing fight and ultimately surrender to Amazon, Uber, Airbnb, and 3D printing.
Office print and those who try to perpetuate the OEM/Dealer/Customer model are doomed to walk the same path as Hillary.
It is the way of things…
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