@SallyStrange@strangeobject.space @freemo

> this is how fascism wins. By convincing people like you that organic expressions of outrage at fascism ARE fascism.

Or maybe this is like totalitarianism wins: when you believe that a discussion about Trump is important because it will affect the fate of USA.

If you read 1984 of Orwell, there are suspects that all these wars between Democratic Party and Republican are mainly a weapon of mass distraction. Take a rather genuine Democratic president as Obama. Did he changed the finance system, despite the 2008 crisis and corruption? No. Did he really reduced the outrageous costs of healthcare system? No.

Something after an election can change, but I suspect that the "big-picture" is already decided. Hence, a figure as Trump is useful because he is a clown, he can grab the attention, and you stop thinking to the big picture.