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[–] 73 points 1 year ago (22 children)

Trump is the symptom not the disease

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (20 children)
  • [–] 80 points 1 year ago (16 children)

    Trump is a result of American culture, not driving it.

    Trump is a representative of America, not an outsider.

    Trump happened again secondary to the diseases of hate and greed, not in advance of.

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  • [–] 62 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    To further expound: In a healthy political ecosystem, Trump would not be able to get anywhere near any political office. He would have been immediately voted down as the cruel joke that he is. It's only because America is so evil and toxic that he was elected twice.

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  • [–] 29 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    "the diseases of hate and greed" - is found elsewhere too. Which is why Fascism is also on the rise in Europe and elsewhere.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I agree and that rise saddens me, but in Europe, I still generally have confidence that the majority of countries' populations respect general decency, human rights and lack of corruption enough to keep the hate and greed mostly at bay. In the US, it's now long past hope - the corruption runs so deep, so broadly that it's taken over, and that means the country is doomed to be somewhere I never wanna live.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    I still generally have confidence that the majority of countries’ populations respect general decency, human rights and lack of corruption enough to keep the hate and greed mostly at bay.

    And yet fascism is on the rise 'cos dumbass illiterate bigoted motherfuckers exist in the EU too.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    A fascist nation produces a fascist leader. Clearly the leader is the problem.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    Capitalism produces fascism as its end result, period. The merger of state and corporate power is just the logical expansion of the selection of maximized profitablity over ethical behavior.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Trump was the best we could do. He represents our citizens.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    He represents the morons who voted for him and refused to vote against him.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    that's like 2/3 of the US tho :/

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Yeah, it's not great. More people didn't vote than those who voted for either candidate. All the dumbass "both sides" propaganda.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Honestly it's the media's fault. It's extremely favourable to hatred and simple explanations. They lap up and spread everything he spews plus all the hate against him.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    The media plays a big role but a lot of people choose to only listen to the media outlets that tell them what they want to hear.

    There are a lot of things to blame but I think it's time we put some of the blame back on the voters themselves.

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