Trump is the result of our American culture

[gabeana]

It seems to me looking back Trump makes perfect sense
Celebrity seems to be the real religion in this country
Fo gods sakes we out here in Cali not once but twice had Arnold as Gov.

[Wounded Bear]

1. California started Reagan, too...

Well, at least you've gotten better.

[gabeana]

5. And a senator or 2

I think
Though not a celebrity we are also responisble for
Nixon

[RKP5637]

2. And he also represents well the ugly side of runaway capitalism which many in America seem to

embrace.

[fleabiscuit]

3. Russians.

[dogman]

4. Pet Rocks.

Culture?

[lindysalsagal]

6. 4367 brands of dry breakfast cereal.

Americans are insatiable consumers: We need constant bells, whistles, and bright shiny things.

If that changed, our entire economy would be ruined.

[shanny]

7. Celebrity and profit.

I used to think slavery was our original sin, the one we could never escape. But now I would put it further back: the profit motive founded the colonies.* And out of that profit motive grew the peculiar institution of slavery. The legacy of both has plagued us ever since. In modern times, we added celebrity as a measure of "worth." All of these values are combining to destroy the grand experiment.


*except the one we celebrate--Plymouth, which was all about victims of religious persecution looking for a place to religiously persecute others.