Do I sound like a snob? The rise of Trump correlates directly with the abysmal degradation

[Dustlawyer]

19. "Trump is as American as a Hot Pocket" and full of shit that is bad for you!

As Americans we let our Democracy slip through our collective fingers. Some of us tried to stay inform and do our civil duty, but too many got disgusted and disenchanted with the ugly process that seemed to elect corrupt candidates no matter who we voted for.

The biggest culprit was the MSM propaganda. The TV generation of which I am one were used to Walter Cronkite, the "...most trusted man in America" and never realized that things didn't stay that way after he was gone. Overtime our thought, beliefs, and even the "facts" we're co-opted by slick MSM types. We have been manipulated ever since. We were lead to believe that what happened in Washington was real (some is, some isn't as the two Parties still battle for control), but they became answerable to the same Big Donors and less and less answerable to the voters.

Our candidates have been pre-selected by the Oligarch's for some time now so that they win either way. I think Trump was originally there to be the bigger, badder Bogeyman to force non-Hillary supporters into voting for her as the lesser of two evils choice. In my opinion, they needed someone extremely bad for many of us to vote for Hillary. They accomplished their goal, but may have made a mistake as too many Americans are trained to the hate he spews as much as Pavlov's dogs were trained to a ringing bell. They are not worried as Trump will still do the Oligarch's bidding, he will just screw up a lot and embarrass the rest of us!

You are not a snob, just another like me who cannot believe that the propaganda, years of poor public education, and Americans working so much that many cannot keep up with politics enough to know what is going on!