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    Matt Lewis‏Verified account @mattklewis 20 Oct 2017

    Important, if obvious, point: Donald Trump is both a cause of—AND a reaction to—the tribalism, cultural decay, & anomie America is facing.

    5:42 AM - 20 Oct 2017 from Alexandria, VA
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      2. Matt Lewis‏Verified account @mattklewis 20 Oct 2017

        Trump voters saw how the Left was winning the culture war by playing identity politics & victimhood card, and said: WE NEED TO DO THAT, TOO!

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      3. Matt Lewis‏Verified account @mattklewis 20 Oct 2017

        This is why Trump voters are just as happy when he attacks the NFL or not saying “Merry Christmas” as they would be if he passed a bill.

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      4. Matt Lewis‏Verified account @mattklewis 20 Oct 2017

        His raison d'être is to fight the Left’s culture war (using media, pop culture, reality TV means)—not to pass conservative legislation.

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      5. Matt Lewis‏Verified account @mattklewis 20 Oct 2017

        It should be noted that I disagreed deeply and profoundly with this strategy. But that is beside the point.

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      6. Matt Lewis‏Verified account @mattklewis 20 Oct 2017

        Primarily, I wanted a peacemaker who could unify the country and win the argument (& then win the vote). Trump is stoking the bitterness.

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      7. Matt Lewis‏Verified account @mattklewis 20 Oct 2017

        But maybe I was just naive. Maybe the Left would have destroyed Rubio. Maybe the Trump people are just realists. We may never know.

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      2. #StoicSupermensh‏ @InformedTakes 20 Oct 2017
        Replying to @mattklewis

        I wish I could make you see... he's a symptom of the decay of the Republican party. Not America.

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      3. Matt Lewis‏Verified account @mattklewis 20 Oct 2017
        Replying to @InformedTakes

        I wrote a book that was very critical of the GOP. But I wish it were that simple.

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      4. #StoicSupermensh‏ @InformedTakes 20 Oct 2017
        Replying to @mattklewis

        The GOP shredded it's integrity to get Trump elected. We never get to debate policy anymore. The GOP demands that we debate people, instead.

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      5. #StoicSupermensh‏ @InformedTakes 20 Oct 2017
        Replying to @InformedTakes @mattklewis

        Once Obama was elected; R's pretended history began anew. Obama never did anything outside the lines; but they pretended he was a foreign.

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      6. #StoicSupermensh‏ @InformedTakes 20 Oct 2017
        Replying to @InformedTakes @mattklewis

        The dishonesty started long ago; but was made front and center after Obama got elected. R's wrote terrifying fictions about him.

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      7. #StoicSupermensh‏ @InformedTakes 20 Oct 2017
        Replying to @InformedTakes @mattklewis

        I think the failure of Reaganomics has led the GOP to an ideological dead end. That's why fiction is so valuable to them now. Truth hurts.

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      8. #StoicSupermensh‏ @InformedTakes 20 Oct 2017
        Replying to @InformedTakes @mattklewis

        America won't survive much longer without a change in course. The 0.01% has far too much power... Given to them by Reaganomics.

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      1. Keith It's A Cookbook Conrad‏ @keithrconrad 20 Oct 2017
        Replying to @mattklewis

        "Anomie" and "raison d'être" in the same string of tweetspic.twitter.com/aACb3MuucG

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      2. Bun In The Oven‏ @mlync119 20 Oct 2017
        Replying to @mattklewis

        Tribalism/“cultural decay,” are both predictable reactions to wealth and income inequality. So is Nationalism/Nativism

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      3. Bun In The Oven‏ @mlync119 20 Oct 2017
        Replying to @mlync119 @mattklewis

        If you think about events post 2008 crash there is relevant historical precedent for the rise of Nationalism and Nativism

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      4. Bun In The Oven‏ @mlync119 20 Oct 2017
        Replying to @mlync119 @mattklewis

        Of course I’m referring to the events that preceded WWII. The punishment levied on Germany for WWI, The Great Depression

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      1. Jeff Stillman‏ @jstillman1960 20 Oct 2017
        Replying to @mattklewis

        Read this whole thread.

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      1. Edouard Aronson‏ @EdouardAronson 20 Oct 2017
        Replying to @mattklewis

        Maybe but conservative media propaganda outlets like Fox News makes things much worse. I don't see often much differences with Kremlin's tv.

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      1. Mark Mendlovitz‏ @MendlovitzMark 22 Oct 2017
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        He is not a cause of anything. He wasn't running the country for the past 45 years that have seen America go to hell.

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