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Mike 03

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1. You can't exclude Trump. You can't exclude the galvanizing force.

Reply to Edwcraig (Original post)

Wed Jan 27, 2021, 10:06 AM

Jan 2021

It's like saying, Fascism was never about Mussolini, or Nazism was never about Hitler, or Stalinism was never about Stalin. Yes and no. But the "no" is very important.

But yes, the seeds of Trumpism existed before Trump. If we exclude Trump, though, we stop looking for the next Trump--and looking for the next Trump is important.

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This has never been about Trump. [View all] Edwcraig Jan 2021 OP

You can't exclude Trump. You can't exclude the galvanizing force. Mike 03 Jan 2021 #1

Thanks for your thoughts. Here is the thing Edwcraig Jan 2021 #2

While a long time ago 50 years electric_blue68 Jan 2021 #3

Goldwater Republicans Edwcraig Jan 2021 #4