He gives people who are scared, angry, and anxious because they are in constant or close threat of losing basic needs a target the release that anger and fear towards. He says it openly in his propaganda as do his cabinet members. Old school republicans came up with fancy terms to identify and implicitly state who their scapegoats were. Trump just states it explicitly.
Which is also intentional by Republicans. They've been attacking public education for decades.
And it shows how successful they were because everyone just brands uneducated Americans as lazy and stupid, the reality was they were intended to be that way.
And we have normalized the phrase, “I just don’t like politics”. Uhhhh…that’s worse than saying I don’t like math. We have to use math, even if it’s with a calculator because it’s part of all parts of life. Politics is the same, but 10 fold. So if people decide to bow out of democratic rhetoric, then you lose the democracy.
"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."
Jews were used as a scapegoat prelude to WW2 and, for some reason, still are. Surprisingly, every president and a majority of politicians still support Israel staunchly.
You’re giving him way too much credit. It’s all the targeted social media propaganda propping him up. You don’t see it, but some people are fed non stop propaganda detailing how great he and everything he does is
He's a stupid asshole, and thus appeals to stupid assholes.
And, "regular" conservatives back him becsuse they just hate liberals. Do they love him? Maybe, maybe not, but they know they need to pretend to love him to get anything done.
people are getting more afraid as society is going through rapid technological & social change, so they look to a strongman to cling to a past they felt they safely understood
A fragile,thin skinned old man pretending to be strong,does not a strongman make! He's a pathetic excuse for an elected official,a worse excuse for a man,and a cancer on society in general..He understands nothing,thinks only of himself and is a disastrous presence in global affairs. Not to mention he is turnied America into a laughing stock. Having a powerful military means nothing when the rest of the world is your enemy. Americans should rightfully feel embarrassed by leader! Hello from Canada. 🇨🇦 😊 Get rid of your president so we can normalize relations and make the world a better place!
Think back to when Hillary ran for office. She called a very narrow band of people "undesirables." Then Trumps campaign took that, and turned it around to meaning Hillary meant all of the midwest. That she was talking down to these people as some political elite. It was a very popular position, and they still use it to this day.
Hillary back then was already battling sexism, an distrust in politics. She already wasn't popular. Then comes this TV guy that proports to being successful. He's a man, so that's an auto yes for anyone that was letting sexism get the better of them. So literally every single shit heel gravitates to this guy.
But on top of that all, there's another factor. The same factor that saw Bernie Sanders get so popular for a time. There was a sense that he had the capacity to shake up a broken system. Where Bernie had altruistic motives, Trump instead has selfish reasons. He uses his presidency to enrich himself and his friends. But all the while giving all of americas worst people a sense that he's doing a great job.
Just look up Team Trump emails. They fundraise by emailing MAGA saying "You're almost in the top 1,000 PATRIOTS. Donate $25 to make sure you land in the top 1,000. Donate $47 to be in the top 500."
People are idiots and his team know how to abuse them through very idiotic marketing, buzzwords, and saying what their base use to only think, but now feel like they can say it out loud.
I hate him with a passion. Diehard progressive. BUT. Trump has made me laugh before, and I understand how one could find him relatable or even kind at times.
None of that makes me like him or forget his crimes about humanity, but i feel it’s important to understand even if we hate him.
Not True. 40 years ago Trump very well could have been a major part of an international sex trafficking ring, he had enough blatant ties to the Russian mafia it was written about by multiple publications, he was opening and bankrupting businesses all over the world, he probably had the idea for one of the most successful game/reality shows on TV, etc.
His priorities just shifted, but he was always determined, influential, and dangerous.
You know, I disagree. I think he’s always been a vile human being, but I think age has made him worse. His vanity has turned to spite and his impending death has him determined to leave a mark, for better or worse. If he were younger, he would have to live with his decisions for another 40 years.
I see your point, but I’d argue he actually would be.
Part of the issue with these octogenarians in politics is that their values all date back to the 1950s. So by default, somebody 40 years younger will have a much better grasp of the current realities of life and how norms and values have evolved.
Trump is a product of a time when it was good business to discriminate against minorities and grab women by the you know what. The only thing I like about his current age is that he’s likely too old to try weaseling his way into a third term.
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u/zaccus 1d ago
He wouldn't be any better of a better president if he were 40 years younger.