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apnu

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10. Trump's 40% approval shows that 40% of America is already on board with fascism.

Reply to zipplewrath (Reply #8)

Mon Nov 5, 2018, 02:45 PM

Nov 2018

Trump and his cronies can do anything and that 40% will approve. They already think he's some kind of pious saint, despite the fact that Trump is an obvious and almost literal, Golden Calf. When your base is that blind and that fervent, they'll follow anything he does. Trump was right about his base. He could shoot someone in Times Square and they'd call him a hero.

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Propublica, WaPo: How Congress Stopped Working [View all] erronis Nov 2018 OP

many factors are inter-related. unblock Nov 2018 #1

I wonder if we'd be in this place if we didn't have the rapid dissemination of news and lies erronis Nov 2018 #3

it's not so much the speed of the internet as the balkanization of the media unblock Nov 2018 #5

Loss of the loyal minority zipplewrath Nov 2018 #2

+ abso-effing-lutely JHB Nov 2018 #4

Great analysis altho pretty gloomy. Thanks. erronis Nov 2018 #6

We're in a real mess zipplewrath Nov 2018 #8

Trump's 40% approval shows that 40% of America is already on board with fascism. apnu Nov 2018 #10

Rigging the vote: how the American right is on the way to permanent minority rule erronis Nov 2018 #7

They think Congress stopped functioning in 2008? apnu Nov 2018 #9