Comment on Seriously, what the f*** is keeping Donald Trump in this presidential race?

coffee_with_cream@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• DarkCloud@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Propagandizing a proclaimed shift, and there being an actual shift are two different things.

  Trump’s side have proclaimed a shift which isn’t actually a significant reality.

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  • coffee_with_cream@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I would be cautious about writing off an entire side’s viewpoint as overdramatic. When they do that to the left, does anyone change their mind?

    This is all about division.

    We need to work on understanding the root cause of issues and working towards fixing that.

    I think economics is actually at the core of the problem.

    A lot of people don’t have the basics right now, and they lash out at anything they can to try to fix it.

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    • DarkCloud@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I didn’t write them off as overly dramatic, nothing of the sort. They’re dangerous (for some of the reasons you point to, division), and it’s a very well organized, well funded, and well oiled machine that keeps them dangerous. Funded by technocratic and Libertarian billionaires.

      So I agree with you, that it’s an economic issue, but we can’t just all sit down and “fix it” (that’s a pipe dream) - you can’t sit down with those invested think tank billionaires to solve the problem any more than you can play Jenga with someone who wants to smash the tower before it’s built.

      It doesn’t work that way.

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      • coffee_with_cream@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Thanks! Good response. I think it is always worth the effort to try and understand and talk to people and use words to convince them. I think everyone can be convinced, we just have to pull the right levers.

        But if it’s the community’s opinion that that is not an option, and only violence is the answer. I have very low hopes for our country’s future.

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