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[–] 5 points 3 weeks ago

thinking he was going to do something to improve things

A very common mistake was in failing to understand the causes & benefits of FDR-style democracy, and the ~four decade age of prosperity that grew out of it. That and thinking that democracy was a birthright.

Such American voters were always going to be ripe for the grift.

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