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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Almost half the people who voted voted for the guy. And the guy was extreme. That is a movement. But politically, it has been checked. Outside politics, how long does Trumpism persist as a movement? I don't know.
I think we have two would be revolutions afoot, left and right, both rooted in grievance. And now a silent majority will have to figure out how to appease or control them.
But I never expected this to turn out how it has, and how it has turned out is pretty great compared to the other possibilities. Will it hold? Again, I don't know. 2022 may be a mess. And 2024? Could be a shitshow.
Or maybe not. Maybe Haley runs against Harris, and we see some well crafted policy platforms pitted against each other by two candidates who speak to issues rather than engaging in personal attacks (I don't blame Biden for that, BTW... he was forced to respond in kind where he did), and our politics regains some sanity.
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On the left we have... taking small steps to move us closer to the rest of the developed world (health care, education cost, wages, if we're getting really wild, child care) and thinking about what we are saying and other people.
On the right, we have getting bigly mad about having to think about our words, criminalizing immigrants, owning the libs and fucking your feelings.
These things are most certainly equal. It's so great we have avoided both. Phew.
