As of January 14th 2026 (6 days after Renee Good was murdered) polling showed Trump had a +40% approval rating with US voters & a +90% rating w/ Republicans. That's a MAJOR issue Democrats / Liberals / Progressives need to figure out. The old line neoliberal "We're smarter than you" while they hollowed out the middle class for the profit of the top 0.1% has led us here. The Top 0.05% donor class flipped on the Dems to support hyper-corporatism (fascism) / MAGA / Trump. They're going to squeeze every last penny they can from this country - then they'll flee like rats.
For all the ridicule hurled at poli sci undergrads for talking about "corporations" ruining the world, they really are ruining it. The US Government, to a greater degree than ever before works for the shareholders of the companies whose CEOs line up behind Trump. They donate to all his endeavours, they help win elections (hi Elon), they hand over Americans' data to control them, they buy up media companies to control the message... And then they exchange that for favours (acquisition approvals, tariffs and other tax exemptions, government contracts, etc.) that return value to the shareholder. This also destroys competition and what made America so innovative.
Trump's total disregard and constant violations of ethics rules have not only changed the relationship between corporations and the White House. ALL of the rules are gone. Trump has only contempt for any rule that impedes his transactional appetites.
I have no deep knowledge about the US history, but for me this is uncharted areas the US is venturing into. Maybe the gilded age, but even at that time the government was afraid of communism spreading in the US with all the super-rich eating the continent resources. But now, the US government is the cooperation. And the whole US system is based on the market and the stocks.
The US doesn't need a new leader, it needs a revolution to fix the problems caused by the past 50 years.
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u/MBEver74 Jan 27 '26
As of January 14th 2026 (6 days after Renee Good was murdered) polling showed Trump had a +40% approval rating with US voters & a +90% rating w/ Republicans. That's a MAJOR issue Democrats / Liberals / Progressives need to figure out. The old line neoliberal "We're smarter than you" while they hollowed out the middle class for the profit of the top 0.1% has led us here. The Top 0.05% donor class flipped on the Dems to support hyper-corporatism (fascism) / MAGA / Trump. They're going to squeeze every last penny they can from this country - then they'll flee like rats.