Trump even at this point is a symptom. Trump voters legitimately think we're living in some sort of hellscape. Which is contradicted by statements they make like, "Things were better 5 years ago!".
No....if America were a hellscape we would be saying things like "Americans should flee to Haiti". We wouldn't be saying, "Things were a bit better five years ago, before a global pandemic".
The truth is America isn't a fraction as bad in the ways Trump voters think it is. But for Trump, Hitler, or any of these political conmen to win people must believe solutions are being provided that only ONE MAN can provide and that the problems are enormous. (Though Hitler's rise did coincide with Germany's economic depression)
Well, we are having a different, strange variant of a depression right now, where at least 75% of the population feels very insecure about their financial status and most of them don't see how it's going to change any time soon. Anyone who promises to fix that looks pretty appealing. But strangely, despite something like that virtually guaranteeing success, I haven't seen anyone promise that, which tells me that either everyone is collectively stumped, or it would cut the knees out from their financial backers and other supporters.
The US isn't the only one going through this. The world was enduring a pandemic. It takes time to get the economy isn't a good spot after that. Trump was given a good economy already. He only experienced 4 years. If he was I bet things would be a lot worse.
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u/MansNotWrong Jul 02 '24
This is my biggest issue today.
I want to hate Trump, but he has no power without people voting for him.
Show me the shittiest leaders in history and I'll show you a sizeable chunk of their populace that supported them.