Trump’s Bizarre Rants at Private GOP Meeting Are a Break-Glass Moment
As awful new reports emerge about the GOP capitulation to Donald Trump, a veteran observer of Republican politics explains why all this is cause for genuinely profound alarm.
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https://newrepublic.com/article/182723/trumps-bizarre-rants-private-gop-meeting-break-glass-moment
@Free_Press Fuck man, I’ve been profoundly alarmed since the night the orange dump truck was elected.
@Janef see, I think that's part of the problem.
Anyone alarmed only once Trump was elected missed how much things had been going off the rails since before Trump even announced his candidacy. Folks didn't see the alarm bells, didn't work on solving problems behind them, and that paved the way to a Trump election.
Trump is the effect. We need to address underlying causes.
But articles like these continue to get that backwards, being obsessed with Trump but not looking at the vacuum that was left open for him to fill.
@volkris @Free_Press When referring to our failure in 2016 I point you to young men. Hillary should and would have won had they not been ready and willing to buy the bullshit the right was selling.
@Janef ok, but what to do about it?
You can point to any group of voters you'd like, but the questions become, how did it get that way and what is society going to do to engage with them?
Why are institutions ranging from the political class through journalism failing to the point that whatever group you want to point to is willing to buy bullshit? And what should they do to regain their place?
@volkris @Free_Press Since you’re asking the truth is I don’t know. Young people aren’t engaged in American politics. They claim Biden is no different from Trump. If they truly believe that they certainly aren’t looking at facts. They don’t seem to cherish their right to vote as much as I do.
@Janef sure, and that's what I'm trying to highlight: this isn't actually about Trump.
The problems existed before Trump, and they're larger than just that one jerk.
We need to spend a lot more time trying to fix the institutions that lead to things like young people being disengaged. Personally, I blame some trends in journalism for a ton of this problem, and it's up to journalists to change course.
