when people say "trump is culturally working class" what they mean is "trump is a cruel racist misogynist bully, and these are qualities i project onto the working class"
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Replying to @perdricof @arthur_affect and
Yeah, which is a fun way to dodge the actual issue; racism and misogyny are popular, and drive Trump's support regardless of everything else.
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Replying to @mssilverstein @perdricof and
With high turnout, this isn't a case of Democrats being uninspired or whatever; the actual issue is that there's too much enthusiasm for Trump specifically. Biden's not struggling because of indifference.
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Replying to @mssilverstein @perdricof and
The big comforting lie of the past four years is that Trump just kind of snuck into office while no one was paying attention but if America hadn't been asleep at the wheel we would've stopped him That he isn't actually popular and that MAGAs are just a paper tiger
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Replying to @arthur_affect @mssilverstein and
This has obviously never really been true, but it's something people would prefer to believe because it makes everything so much easier -- it makes "resistance" into a battle and not a war
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Replying to @arthur_affect @mssilverstein and
This is why I despise the narrative "Trump was a historically weak candidate, and Hillary was even weaker" -- the whole smug assurance that anyone who was even a tiny bit stronger and more authentic and more credible than Hillary could've wiped the floor with Trump
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Replying to @arthur_affect @mssilverstein and
No Trump is a mixed bag -- he's certainly politically weak in a lot of ways his allies wish he weren't -- but his weaknesses are also his strengths In terms of winning the national election, both times, he had very, very powerful advantages
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Replying to @arthur_affect @mssilverstein and
America's appetite for full-on fascism rather than any diluted formulation has never been greater And the people saying "Nobody REALLY wants fascism, that's just what they settle for when you don't give them real socialism!" sound just as desperate as the KPD did in the 1920s
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Replying to @arthur_affect @perdricof and
It's almost transcended even fascism into just the raw, tribal warfare. Like, even the ideological aspects have melted down into grievances and identity-affiliations.
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Replying to @mssilverstein @perdricof and
Trump's final speeches before the elections were just long rambling rants about his personal feuds with other famous people he hates And his fans LIKE THAT about him
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A huge percentage of America is just wired to be the school bully's shitty minions from a movie To walk around behind the big mean asshole going "Yeah get him Biff"
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Replying to @arthur_affect @mssilverstein and
I remember when he first ranted about making it easier to sue newspapers that hurt his feelings and thought “why would the average voter care about that?” But they do. They want to weaken the first Amendment because the press hurts a racist billionaire’s feelings.
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Replying to @robsolonhamer @arthur_affect and
Like a narcissist has feelings. Oh but it’s about himself.
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