Just very quick, since I don't have the time to adress everything:
Quote (gnarjay @ 11 Sep 2023 22:47)
this culture war we're in now started with the Civil Rights movement in the 1960's, and it has largely been fueled (especially in the last two decades)by Republican politicians and their advisors/special interest groups from the top down. rather than focus on things that are traditionally conservative, like fiscal responsibility, limited role of government, right to liberty, etc., they're focusing on dunking on trans people, football players taking a knee and looking at pictures of Hunter Biden's dick.
as for Democrats being "white collar", how is this any different from Republicans? I dont disagree with you but at least recognize that specific problem is not only relative to the Democrats - its almost ALL of the politicians in office are corporate stooges.
this is just nonsense lol
Trump IS corporate America! are you joking? you demonize "white collar" Democrats when Trump is literally guilty of the very same corruption. he's failed upward his entire life and has a history rife with shady, unscrupulous business dealings. maybe you meant he attempted to break from the establishment?
Trump wooed rural southern and midwestern voters with false promises and racist rhetoric. It was clearly a smart strategy but it isnt one that we havent seen before
the Democratic party is not even close to the "far left", its center-right if anything. you obviously dont pay attention or understand politics in general if you believe this lol
Trump's successful nationalist, racist rhetoric has more to do with the moral shortcomings of conservatives than it does to do with what the left is doing.
Conservatives have always wanted a bully as president and Trump finally allowed all right wingers to finally take their masks off. the hatred is out in the open for everyone to see
As far back as 1992, figures like Ross Perot (the most successful third party candidate for president of the past 100+ years) were calling out how NAFTA would devastate American manufacturing and blue-collar jobs. The establishment in both parties was firmly on the free-trade-train and pushed it through anyway. Guess what happened? American manufacturing got decimated, many blue-collar communities, particularly in the Rust Belt, still haven't recovered from that loss (and probably never will).
But sure, keep telling to yourself that Trump's rhetoric resonating with these types of voters is just an indication of their "moral shortcomings".
Likewise, I fail to see how calling for an actual enforcement of the law with regard to the border is supposed to be "racist".
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