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arrow-up1792arrow-down1imageSocialism is not even radicallemmy.mlThe Spectre@lemmy.ml to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml · 2 months agomessage-square171fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarezante@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months agoAnd yet he was elected to highest office in the land and went very close again 4 years later and will likely go close again. So there are plenty of “stupid” people who are “ignorant of reality” and they have vote same as you.
minus-squareCowbee [he/him]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 months agoWhy do you think Trump became influential? Why did this happen, and how do we not repeat it?
minus-squarezante@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoToo many people left behind in hardship in a time of abundance and conspicuous wealth. Easy for Trump to gains support with populist sentiment. Republicans saw their chance, and held their nose a made him leader.
minus-squareCowbee [he/him]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoThe answer is capitalist decay. Fascism isn’t going away even if Trump goes away.
And yet he was elected to highest office in the land and went very close again 4 years later and will likely go close again.
So there are plenty of “stupid” people who are “ignorant of reality” and they have vote same as you.
Why do you think Trump became influential? Why did this happen, and how do we not repeat it?
Too many people left behind in hardship in a time of abundance and conspicuous wealth. Easy for Trump to gains support with populist sentiment. Republicans saw their chance, and held their nose a made him leader.
The answer is capitalist decay. Fascism isn’t going away even if Trump goes away.