That, of course, doesn’t make it a good movement, or a smart one.
But, imo, it’s important to understand why populism is popping off right now.
My parents had to wait ten years to get their citizenship, do a test, etc.
Meanwhile we let people hop the border and download an app these days. It's a disgrace. Thousands of children missing or trafficked across the border, city culture completely upended, businesses getting cheaper and more desperate labor.
This seemed like a reasonable "common sense" starting point: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/new-immigration-as...
So even when voter hate when you tell them you can’t vote for THAT guy, THAT guy should not become a dictator ones elected.
First signs of a dictatorships will be human rights violations and the stripping of equal rights among Americans, my guess is that will start pretty soon after he takes office in January.
My guess is also that a large number of people (including foreign governments; particularly in Europe) will simply deny the dictatorial behavior of the USA government, no matter how obvious (similar to climate deniers). Even if there won’t be an election in 4 years, denialism will still prevail. This is the pattern in e.g. the Gaza genocide.
Well of course, claiming a country is a dictatorship or not has absolutely nothing to do with it being a dictatorship or not. It's all about trade and military considerations.
I don’t understand where you are going with this. Words have meanings and accusations have weight. When enough people claim that thing quacking, and swimming over there is a duck, it does weigh in on the consensus that it is indeed a duck. Especially when duck experts start pretty much all agreeing that it is indeed a duck.
Now this hasn’t happened, but what Trump has described and promised is pretty much a dictatorship. What I’m doing here is predicting that if and when the USA conduct dictatorial behavior on a regular basis, including stripping away equal rights, we should all be prepared for denialism to proliferate.
Those are lies spread by the mainstream media (which is mostly controlled by leftists) and you are a victim for believing them.
I know that the HN crowd are left-leaning and I'm going to be downvoted like hell. Maybe even flagged, because apparently leftist platforms like censorship.
But I don't have to prove my point nor there is a need to argue.
My point will be proven in the coming months because as time goes by you guys will see that nothing bad will happen to democracy nor women's rights or anything else important. Economy and public health is going to improve among many other things.
You will see. Just pay attention.
Then maybe you will remember and regret downvoting me.
Oh, also: Listen to what the man is saying himself. Not what the mainstream media says he is saying. Try to see past merely Trump & his public image as well. Pay attention to what the people on his team are saying. Great people like RFK Jr, Tulsi, Vivek, and JD. Maybe you will find yourself to be enlightened.
Peace.
Have you listened to the latest the latest Joe Rogan episode with Musk. The Harris camp seems to be guilty of many of the things they accused Trump of.
Echo chambers happen on both sides and are a real issue.
Because those two don't have an agenda at all...
I listened to both and JRE definitely pointed out some fucked up and verifiable systemic issues with the Democrats that you wouldn't have even noticed if you only listened to MSM.
Let me introduce you to my friend, Rupert Murdoch. Once you two are finished talking I don't ever want to hear you conflate mainstream media with leftist influence again.
Said as a UK resident who lived in North America for a bit.
Yesterday's terrorist will be tomorrow's heroes, and those deemed visionaries today will become despicable in the eyes of those to come. Such is the way since the beginning of human civilization.