• @zante@lemmy.wtf
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    33 months ago

    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.

    • Cowbee [he/they]
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      93 months ago

      Why do you think Trump became influential? Why did this happen, and how do we not repeat it?

      • @zante@lemmy.wtf
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        23 months ago

        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.

        • Cowbee [he/they]
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          53 months ago

          The answer is capitalist decay. Fascism isn’t going away even if Trump goes away.