Never forget that Trump was the culmination of 40 years of stagnant wages, widening inequality, corruption, dog-whistle

[RockRaven]

1. One of the major (purposeful, IMO) failings of MSM analysis of TCF/MAGA is

treatment of him merely as an individual/cult of personality. True in a sense, but also totally inadequate. That individual/cult of personality is merely one flavor of the general phenomenon, which is much more deeply rooted and will be much harder to deal with.

After all, any one man is limited by... well, you know, let's use the Biblical 120 years for natural unavoidable mortality.

The fucking rot of our society which resulted in his elections is multi-generational already, with no end in sight -- and very likely to get much worse going forward. THAT is a goddamned problem with few solutions on offer but which must be dealt with to change course.