If someone had told me 10 years ago, US politics would fall apart because a spray tanned criminal, who swears, rapes, and engages in extramarital sex, would manage to convince religious voters, he was chosen by God…
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@randahl I lived there during the reigns of Bush the Younger and Obama and this very situation was rather evident – along with strong denialism. Surely not much has changed in ten years.
@randahl but once they added that he is a man of conspicuous gluttonous wealth in a country that adores such lords in life & entertainment, you would quite well have predicted the future
The level of depravity still seems difficult to believe, but I think deceptive individuals convincing masses they have direct lines to the creator of the universe is much older than a decade and hasn't ever been too hard to come by.
@randahl For the religious, it is a matter of convenience. They know that religion in the US (and elsewhere) is in decline and it terrifies them. They can see their power and privilege (and tax-free status) coming to an end; so the only way they feel they can prevent that happening is constituting a theocracy, and Trump happened to be there when the panic hit. All that jesus stuff went out the window years ago; it is all about the preservation of power and privilege.
@randahl Couple of things here but I'll start with the comments are mainly right:
US politics was ALREADY dead... it just didn't know it yet
2 ) You've never been to the South/Bible Belt have you son? Bc they be living this life since forever...
This was already baked in the cake... I'm not that old but when I saw they would forgive a Right wing man (Bush) literally anything this was always going to happen and escalate
@randahl then you weren't paying attention. Sarah Palin. John McCaine looked like he was going to vomit when he introduced her as running mate. Gw bush. Mediocre child of northeast elite privilege pretending to be texan. Lazy. Surrounded with right wing extremists like Cheney. Started war under false claims. The tea party contract on america. Newt Gingrich. Increasingly insane fundamentalist backed midwest types made mockery of gop. History pretends reagan more than right wing b movie actor etc.
@randahl I was in the evangelical church for many years. We were told repeatedly about the risks and dangers of someone in utter opposition to everything Christians believe getting into power. The Antichrist story.
Someone like Trump.
Exactly like Trump.
And these same churches are totally and utterly supporting him and worshipping him.
Believe me, there is a massive mental disconnect here.
White America elected a brilliant, biracial black president to clean up after a white idiot who, for no reason, destroyed America's economy and destabilised the Middle East.
White America realised President Obama was solving real problems despite white (Republican) efforts to derail his presidency, and barely voted him in for a second term, even though his opponent was Mitt Romney.
White America then decided to destroy democracy itself: enter Donald Trump.
@randahl Only if you subscribe to the “great men” view of history. From a sociological perspective it was already cooked. He was just the one to take advantage.
@randahl to be fair, his followers are the ones who convinced HIM that he was chosen by God. I'm not even sure he thinks he's been chosen, but he's going to use it to his advantage any way he can. But of course.
@randahl A former reality show host.
The thing that blows my mind is Republicans being pro-Russia. It's like everyone forgot decades of Cold War, and the one Rocky movie. These kinds of people seem like they'd be big Rocky fans.
@randahl They don't care. They believe he's the path to the theocratic fascist state they've been praying for/promised for generations. God often uses "flawed" vessels for his work, so Trump's awfulness just gets waved off.