• eatthecake@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    The US desperately needs large scale institutional change. With how broken those institutions are, that’s going to require a groundswell of public support, something that can only be done by an inspiring reform candidate, not an establishment figure.

    Isn’t that how Trump happened? People seem to get inspired by some pretty fucked up shit.

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      5 months ago

      A creaking disfunctional democracy slides into fascism because the moderate liberals fail to build a coalition with left. This is literally how democracys fall apart. Are you really trying to say that is the fault of people calling for reform?

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        5 months ago

        Well, a lot of trump supporters are anti establishment, and he has had a groundswell of public support by people who see all the old institutions as broken and are looking for real change. So yes, I’m blaming the slide into fascism on those people.

        And these people: https://lemmy.world/post/15781650