About two-thirds of Canadians surveyed this month said American democracy cannot survive another four years of Donald Trump in the White House, and about half said the United States is on the way to becoming an authoritarian state, a poll released on Monday said.

About two-thirds of Canadians surveyed this month said American democracy cannot survive another four years of Donald Trump in the White House, and about half said the United States is on the way to becoming an authoritarian state, a poll released on Monday said.

  • IninewCrowEnglish
    201·
    10 months ago

    The responsibility for this development is not that the average American electing someone like Trump.

    The responsibility is a horde of professionals, academics, trained politicians, highly educated people and highly experienced people who are all actively working to promote, support, finance and encourage the election of Trump.

    If they relied on Trump’s charisma alone, he would have been forgotten a long time ago. They have to continually promote him in order to make him viable … and that promotion can only occur with money and leagues of professionals who actually want to support this.

    Average people can be directly and marketed to elect whoever the establishment wants … if they wanted to, they could reanimate the dead corpse of Hitler and with enough marketing and promotion, they could get him elected.

    • Avid Amoeba
      9·
      10 months ago

      This is an interesting, and probably valid point. On one hand capitalism gonna capitalism and some are seeing themselves as economic winners under Trump. But on the other, I have a feeling that there’s a significant ideological factor that falls outside of this. Parts social ideology, economic ideology, and … religious ideology.

    • SamuelRJankis@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      10 months ago

      Plenty Canadians to this day will vote to keep housing prices high thinking they’re on going reap the gains but they’re somehow isolated from all the bad stuff that come with it.

      For the people you’re referring it’s at least logical if you make enough money to destroy the eco system you live in but you’re capable\willing to move somewhere else.