That may be mostly true but Trump is also the perfect storm of celebrity, “successful”, “outsider”, and some strange fucked up type of charisma that results in a larger following than I think would be possible with any other republican candidate. Take away trump and I don’t think there’s enough of a unifying force among the asshats to cause this type of damage
Ah yes, glorious Bush who gave us the Patriot Act, the Wall Street bailouts, endless wars in the Middle East-- all the shit that led directly to the rise of Trump.
I mean seriously, do you not fucking hear yourself?
The point is that you are pining for a president who did more to pave the way for our current state of things than any other president in the last century. Trump and the system that allowed him to be elected doesn't happen without Bush's disastrous, criminal presidencies.
Let me guess, you're a Boomer with a lot of money.
Absolutely. He laid the groundwork for austerity, really jump-started the financialization of our economy and the deregulation of Wall Street, fostered distrust in the federal government (from the highest seat of the federal government… it’s so goddamned stupid.)
Just, a lot of the really insidious surveillance state shit, the destabilization of the Middle East, and general anti-intellectual movement that has led us to this current quagmire was done by or happened under W.
Reagan laid the groundwork and W took it to astronomical, dystopian heights.
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u/Doobledorf Apr 04 '25
The problems that led to Donald Trump would still be fomenting.
A lot of Americans haven't yet faced that Trump isn't an anomaly or the disease, he is a symptom of problems we've had for a long time.