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In reply to the discussion: How can Trump inspire such loyalty in the GOP? [View all]moondust
(19,977 posts)27. Confederacy of Economic Royalists
FDR called them "economic royalists." They don't like democracy or equality and thus have much in common with the old confederates in the South.
I thought this was a pretty good description...
Economic royalist: An advocate of a system in which social privilege and political authority derive from wealth.
Trump is King of the Economic Royalists who want to rule permanently for their own benefit without troublesome elections and accountability. I've long wondered if many Europeans didn't come to America because they wanted to be kings but didn't not belong to a royal family in Europe. In America they could get rich and be treated like kings simply because they had money. Like Trump.
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Nixon had 47 million votes in 1972 which is a greater percentage of the American electorate
andym
Nov 2020
#20
It is all about the hate for democrats and liberals. tRump was their weapon with which to hurt
Hotler
Nov 2020
#15
To be fair, republicans have always 'closed ranks' better than democrats have, or do.
Arthur_Frain
Nov 2020
#16
Because he rubber stamps everything they want and is willing to cheat to keep them in power.
kysrsoze
Nov 2020
#17
They're all flat out fascists. and Hitler wannnabe Trump is their beloved Fuhrer.
Roisin Ni Fiachra
Nov 2020
#18