01-25-2018, 07:42 PM
Democracies don't die unless there are other huge problems in society.
Trump did not get elected because people suddenly decided it was okay to be an asshole. Trump got elected because a certain group of people are very afraid.
Our democracy was safe as long as people who wanted to work could go out and get jobs that allowed them to raise a family. But now the rest of the world is catching up to America. good jobs are being outsourced. technology is making a lot of jobs obsolete. Our economic system has funneled all the economic gains of the last 3 decades up to the top 5% of the population. Health care and education costs have been rising so much faster than wages that the middle class sees it future getting dimmer and dimmer.
Trump racists rhetoric would not have been so popular if middle class Americans did not see immigrants as an economic threat. These people are not motivated by racism. They are motivated by self preservation.
The people who claim they don't care about the environment or global warming are really saying that they don't want any regulation that might lower wages or eliminate jobs.
Democracies only die without a violent coup when there are serious economic problems.
Trump did not get elected because people suddenly decided it was okay to be an asshole. Trump got elected because a certain group of people are very afraid.
Our democracy was safe as long as people who wanted to work could go out and get jobs that allowed them to raise a family. But now the rest of the world is catching up to America. good jobs are being outsourced. technology is making a lot of jobs obsolete. Our economic system has funneled all the economic gains of the last 3 decades up to the top 5% of the population. Health care and education costs have been rising so much faster than wages that the middle class sees it future getting dimmer and dimmer.
Trump racists rhetoric would not have been so popular if middle class Americans did not see immigrants as an economic threat. These people are not motivated by racism. They are motivated by self preservation.
The people who claim they don't care about the environment or global warming are really saying that they don't want any regulation that might lower wages or eliminate jobs.
Democracies only die without a violent coup when there are serious economic problems.
