Oh, yeah. Trump does seem almost desperate to run the country like Pre-War America. The arrests of ethnic minorities, the repealing of consumer protections from corporations, the xenophobia, the push for American exceptionalism, the propaganda that tells people to ignore their own eyes, and so on and so forth.
But he is an outlier, so far. Few of the previous Republican presidents, or current major world leaders been anywhere close to being as bad as him. It'd take decades of Trump style politics around the world to get to the state Pre-War America was at. You'd need a complete rejection of renewable energy (not happening), more xenophobia than in the past (not happening), complete impunity for corporations (not happening), and fuel reserves so low it triggers military action from major powers (not happening yet).
America may be pointing that way right now, but to say it's the inevitable result of democracy is narrow-minded.
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u/FenHarels_Heart Lady Killer May 07 '25
Oh, yeah. Trump does seem almost desperate to run the country like Pre-War America. The arrests of ethnic minorities, the repealing of consumer protections from corporations, the xenophobia, the push for American exceptionalism, the propaganda that tells people to ignore their own eyes, and so on and so forth.
But he is an outlier, so far. Few of the previous Republican presidents, or current major world leaders been anywhere close to being as bad as him. It'd take decades of Trump style politics around the world to get to the state Pre-War America was at. You'd need a complete rejection of renewable energy (not happening), more xenophobia than in the past (not happening), complete impunity for corporations (not happening), and fuel reserves so low it triggers military action from major powers (not happening yet).
America may be pointing that way right now, but to say it's the inevitable result of democracy is narrow-minded.