Donald Trump
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- colin_s1
"If the road you followed brought you to this, of what use was the road?"
I think about this scene a lot in the context of Trump and the general American response, primarily from the neoliberalist/Nancy Pelosi stans who believe that if we just go back to 2013 policies everything will end up a-ok.
Like, what part of corporate institutionalist policy and media obsessed representation doesn't lead to a path that ends with Trump, or a Trump-like figure? Obama literally got away with murder because he was a hawk who knew how to play the media, but appealed to liberal guilt. Trump is the far-right version of Obama's center-right position.
So to think that removing Trump from office (just to instill Pence, no less) somehow gets America 'back on track' is just staring at a an assassin with a shotgun thinking you can convince him not to pull the trigger.
- I don't think people think it will put the country back on track...it will lessen the possibility of nuclear war, maybe, and take us a step away from blatant,allthethings
- out-loud racism.allthethings
- It's clear that the US needs fundamental change, which is why the selection of Clinton was such a disaster. I think Warren, with her plans could helpallthethings
- restructure this fucked-up country. Unfortunately the racists and idiots can't be put back in the crypt.allthethings