The possibility was already present, and many were infected, but he spread the virus steadily for years and managed to infect half the population.
It's symptomatic that he chose an anti-vaxxer for the Department of Health, because only by sustaining the disease can he remain in power.
As a liberal, I watched 11 years ago when this symptom first appeared and knew in my bones how bad it would be. I saw Reagan and Gingrich in my mind's eye and remembered what THEY did to start this destruction. Republicans have NEVER been on the side of the working class. EVER.
Teddy Roosevelt was a big exception. He was the light of the progressive wing of the GOP. The GOP money people shoved him and his supporters out of the GOP.
Yes, the worst poison of this started with that rotten pipsqueak troll Grin-n-Grinch.
I can wrap my brain around people having been fooled by Reagan and Newt…maybe less so Newt. But I can’t grasp how so many people embrace the explicit suffering of others.
Kenta, that is exactly the issue people we have known all our lives having this ideology it is upsetting. Devastating as well because you think you know people….
America is falling apart because of Trump and the GOP in Congress breaking their oath of office:
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the . . .
The disease is caused by the love of Mammon (money). It leads to oligarchy, inequality & authoritarianism. It Riggs everything for a few people at the top. It removes the rungs of the ladder, for the rest of us.
54% of Americans ages 17-65 read at sixth grade level or lower & 24% of the rest are virtually illiterate. Teaching of the Humanities was abandoned some 40 years ago when education was reduced to “how much $$ da ya wanna make?” even at our “best” schools.
Please read about ‘Project Russia’ - it's aligned with everything we see Trump and his regime doing. It's the overall master plan.Trump is deliberately destroying the economy. He is doing this for Putin to create a new world order. It's described in 'Project Russia' https://bit.ly/4jhvi1A
You're right. The symptoms have been there for decades, but the country refused to see it, buying their own bullshit hype. Other countries didn't. They dealt with you because they had to, but they talked openly about how backwards, loud, obnoxious and arrogant you were. 'Murica reap what you sow.
Mostly because of a total lack of media standards slowly degrading starting back with cable TV and media deregulation in the 80s and then getting turbo charged by the internet knocking down all existing barriers to bottleneck fraud and compulsive lying in media. Media is adults main education!
The problem with that is I don’t believe he was elected.
However, it’s still a problem that enough Americans voted for this abomination that it was close enough they could fix it.
Why would we expect the truth from the compulsive liar, Donald Trump, or from DOGE, or from any of the other liars Trump appointed to his Cabinet? Liars lie. It’s what they do. Americans know this. And so do our friends and foes around the world. America cannot mend until Trump is in prison.
Diseases that go untreated breed and accommodate new and even deadlier diseases.
So I respectfully disagree, he’s the disease alright. He’s just just not the ONLY disease.
Chump didn't win the election, Musk hacked it.
Consider the campaigns; Chump's empty venues, compared to Kamala's packed stadiums. celebrity endorsements, billion dollar war chest, enthusiasm...
Kamala had Taylor Swift and Oprah for fuck sakes!
Who did Chump have? Kid Rock.
The Christofascist Heritage Foundation is masterminding this coup. They studied Hitler’s playbook and are following it to the letter. It’s the kind of plan Prescott Bush would approve of. 🤬🚩
for any country to be great.....it needs a good education system and proper health care.....Americans have neither......that is why people like this get elected
I agree! And that’s why, I’ve been preaching: FILTER the distraction from the big picture for there is something happening right under our noses that isn’t supposed to.
They are not even hiding their unconstitutional shenanigans anymore. In the mid of chaos, it’s right there front and center.
How many hundreds of things have people referred to as "that should have been it"? The p*ssy grabbing, the disabled reporter, Russia, January 6th, etc,etc,etc.
This is what is so devastating to me about our country. There will always be people like Trump, but I’m shocked and depressed about how many people support him.
That won’t last forever, because his actions are slowly killing off most of his voters and right wing viewers. Once his voters are dead, the rest of us will make up the majority whom he cannot taint.
That's a bingo. The disease is inequity. People are so desperate that they swing hard right and believe any fool telling them what they want to hear: it's someone else's fault but vote for "me" and "I will fix it for you".
One of those symptoms might be that fewer than 20% of adults in America were able to foist this evil upon the rest of us, while then lying about having a mandate.
It’s a cult.
And it’s time for the kool-aid and the castrations.
I have a hard time believing that the majority of Americans wanted this. Not sure that I will EVER be convinced that he didn't have some help to get across the finish line....
Another symptom is the abject stupidity and wholly unqualified candidates we're given to choose from. Clowns. Another is the hyperfocus on issues that either only impact a tiny minority, or, have no real impact at all. Identity politics is an excellent example. To deny this is to live in denial.
And apathy is not the cure. Don't look away. Let it help you decide who you want this country to be, or who you don't want us to be. Then be vocal, get loud. It matters. Right now, just showing up matters
Unfortunately, the MAGAts are in denial & would rather be a fool, than admit that they have been fooled!
There is no sense in reasoning with any of them nor trying to have an amicable political talk. They only know how to punch back below the waist & showcase their ignorance.
The US is now under the "Führer" (Leader) regime. Allegiance and loyalty are pledged to the Leader (Trump). Laws and the Constitution do not apply to them, only the orders of the Leader, hence, "I was just following orders."
Wealth inequality supported by a massive propaganda network created by the wealthy to keep working people dependent on their systems. Cable news, Sinclair media, large religious orgs. Miserable monsters squatting on piles of gold bought with our children's misery.
"We the People of the United States,in Order to form a more perfect Union,establish Justice,insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare,and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity,do ordain and establish this Constitution"
You're apparently unaware of just how many otherwise intelligent people voted for him and still support him. Education does not help here, never has. This is the reason democracies have and will always fail. Greed.
I would say that intelligence in as of itself isn't enough and the further back you look the further forward you can see. That's where education comes in.
Then I would argue that people need educating about how democracy works and about fascism - about how greed can undermine democracy. It's clear from my side of the pond what is happening here - maybe I have the benefit of a different perspective.
Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely.
There are classes on government, actually. It's still the same problem that will always appear in democracies where people will take people's nationalism, religion, what have you and use it to take power. No amount of "education" is going to change this. Humans are and will be easy to fool.
That is why I question magnanimity, should we ever win. Not that MAGAts should suffer, but treatment of their leadership should set an example for them to learn from.
He did not win by a landslide. He actually did not win at all.
He stole the election. Elon rigged it. He bragged about it before/after the election, because he’s that stupid.
Yes, there’s a large MAGA following. But, there’s more of us that are against this tyranny.That’s why they had to steal it.
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I can't believe how stupid people are to vote for Trump.
But Trump is the symptom.
It's symptomatic that he chose an anti-vaxxer for the Department of Health, because only by sustaining the disease can he remain in power.
Yes, the worst poison of this started with that rotten pipsqueak troll Grin-n-Grinch.
We the People = 🇺🇸 STRONG!
"Make me a trillionaire, and I'll make you president."
(evil look)
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the . . .
https://www.britannica.com/topic/mammon
What do you think the root cause is?
We have too many bad people in this country.
However, it’s still a problem that enough Americans voted for this abomination that it was close enough they could fix it.
If that happens to be your sweet grandma or young cousin, it still holds unfortunately.
So I respectfully disagree, he’s the disease alright. He’s just just not the ONLY disease.
Consider the campaigns; Chump's empty venues, compared to Kamala's packed stadiums. celebrity endorsements, billion dollar war chest, enthusiasm...
Kamala had Taylor Swift and Oprah for fuck sakes!
Who did Chump have? Kid Rock.
Without those two, Trump wouldn't be in power and those two have their own objectives for putting him there
They are not even hiding their unconstitutional shenanigans anymore. In the mid of chaos, it’s right there front and center.
There's a single answer: global general strikes.
It’s a cult.
And it’s time for the kool-aid and the castrations.
Perhaps in reverse order.
There were Trump votes to be sure, but I'm not convinced it was enough to win.
https://youtu.be/F9gCyRkpPe8
Although it will be extraordinarily satisfying to piss on his grave.
I look forward to that part.
There is no sense in reasoning with any of them nor trying to have an amicable political talk. They only know how to punch back below the waist & showcase their ignorance.
WtP = 🇺🇸 STRONG!
https://youtu.be/nw-ObXslUo4?si=BuFsAOfEjlKNace_
Bravo 👏👏👏👏👏
Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely.
He stole the election. Elon rigged it. He bragged about it before/after the election, because he’s that stupid.
Yes, there’s a large MAGA following. But, there’s more of us that are against this tyranny.That’s why they had to steal it.
THE VOTERS.....