05-26-2024, 01:03 PM
(05-26-2024, 12:21 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: As Bel stated this quickly devolved into my side good, other side stupid. I would like to point out that Trump is not the disease, he's a symptom of the disease. That disease being that people have lost faith in the idea that the government cares about or even considers their best interests. Trump represents the anger with a system that is slowly grinding away the middle class that is an absolute necessity for a functioning liberal (in the classic sense of the word) democracy. This is why Biden is losing right now. He can harp away at job numbers and the GDP but the cost of living has skyrocketed under his administration and his answer is either the above or "it's Trump's fault."
Trump represents a repudiation of the political norm, for good and ill. I completely understand why many despise him, but I also understand why many absolutely love him. And it has nothing to do with being an ignorant chud, a racist or a fascist.
Believe it or not, I agree he is the symptom. But, he does nothing to try and change the paradigm. In fact, he goes out of his way to exacerbate the divide.
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