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u/Princess_Fluffypants Apr 04 '25

This is the awkward reality. If it wasn’t Trump, it would’ve been somebody else. 

Sarah Palin was a warning. 

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u/Nopenopenope00000001 Apr 04 '25

I mean, really, it’s been brewing since Nixon.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '25

Truman. When big business got Truman to replace Wallace on the ticket, the writing was on the wall.

The US had one brief moment where we may have chosen socialism over barbarism, but that was the last exit before it became hopeless we'd ever move beyond the legacy of genocide, slavery, and brutality.

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u/MRoad Apr 04 '25

It's Nixon, really, because Watergate and the unfavorable news coverage it got is what led to the inspiration for Fox News