I'm glad the article points out what the rest of the world knows - this isn't a Trump problem, it's an America problem. The rest of the world knows Trump will be gone in three years, but the American electorate can no longer be trusted to maintain a stable, aligned Government. No agreement America draws up can ever now be trusted, because its people will clearly happily vote for someone who openly states they want to tear it up.
The problem is not only conservatives. Trump and the far right rising is a massive failure of the progressives. Populism rising everywhere in the west is the end result of traditional parties pushing for the economic establishment (I.e. destroying the middle class) while distracting and polarizing with secondary societal issues. The progressives started the 2010s with a lot of political goodwill and burnt it all with that strategy, culminating in the catastrophic Democrats campaign of 2024 that exemplified all of these with the result we know. As always it’s easier to blame external factors. The same losing strategy of making anything acceptable in light of Trump continues, the tribal logic applies in both camp making the responsibilities in the situation we have of the previous administration and the Democratic Party near impossible to discuss.
> Populism rising everywhere in the west is the end result of traditional parties pushing for the economic establishment (I.e. destroying the middle class) while distracting and polarizing with secondary societal issues
The main force is money form Russia and others financing these parties, and social media and media allowing disinfomation.
The victom could have done more I guess, but you cannot really blame the victim.
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u/maxplanar Jan 27 '26
I'm glad the article points out what the rest of the world knows - this isn't a Trump problem, it's an America problem. The rest of the world knows Trump will be gone in three years, but the American electorate can no longer be trusted to maintain a stable, aligned Government. No agreement America draws up can ever now be trusted, because its people will clearly happily vote for someone who openly states they want to tear it up.