It was not Trump voters who earned us our future, but the billionaires who made the Democrats so shit that fascism seemed like a good idea. The rich have all the power, and thus, all of the responsibility.
It was not Trump voters who earned us our future, but the billionaires who made the Democrats so shit that fascism seemed like a good idea. The rich have all the power, and thus, all of the responsibility.
Specificity is important here. You included Google but not Meta, Xitter, or Tesla?
I included a few of the biggest capitalist organizations, not simply people manipulating mass media. Our fascist reality is not simply the result of people embracing bad ideas, but the conditions that drove people to believe them.
People saw an economy that wasn’t working for them combined with a party that favored the status quo more than the voices of their voters. Democrats being in the pockets of old billionaires prevented them taking popular positions and making politically wise decisions. Decades of neoliberal policies created economic stress that made populism the only winning strategy, and the Democrats never adapted.
I’ve talked to young people who voted Trump, and it was clear to me that there was more than propaganda responsible for the Dems losing their grip. Depressing activists, even the ones who loyally vote, did a great deal to kill support from groups that were the backbone of your party. They had no pro-Democrat narratives, only anti-republican ones, and that wasn’t enough.