Rage Against the Trump Machine

[malthaussen]

17. Well,even if Mr Trump does represent a "new normal..."

... who's to say we can't invent an even newer one? Throwing out the garbage is a necessary first step, of course, but we can't stop there, and breathe freely believing everything's all right now. (Which of course you know) I worry that too many of the formerly-complacent are yearning for the days when they didn't have to worry about things, to the point that if they do fix the most obvious fracture, they'll ignore the rest and hope they go away. But Mr Trump was made possible because of a systems breakdown (by your leave), he did not create the breakdown. Removing him will not solve the underlying problems, but those are all so complex and difficult to address, and don't nearly affect Joe Sixpack as much as the obvious present meltdown.

-- Mal