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35. Author doesn't understand that for Republican voters the wealthy are in the "Us" category, not the "Them."

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Sun Apr 13, 2025, 05:18 PM

Apr 2025

The dream of a populist yelling-revolution 99% vs 1% uprising against billionaires and oligarchs is impossible.

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Rightwing populists will keep winning until we grasp this truth about human nature -- George Monbiot [View all] erronis Apr 2025 OP

Then why don't people turn on the rich? leftstreet Apr 2025 #1

Because all maga gonna be millionaires as soon a tRump gets goobermint out of their way Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2025 #3

"...tRump's regime is the authoritarian goobermint they have always feared..." BoRaGard Apr 2025 #9

Because the rich guy is blaming the immigrants and the women and the woke EdmondDantes_ Apr 2025 #12

No, all rich are not blaming minorities and women JI7 Apr 2025 #26

loved that dress Celerity Apr 2025 #33

Pedantic argument EdmondDantes_ Apr 2025 #42

Technically speaking, people are as likely to go... regnaD kciN Apr 2025 #28

Left-wing populism isn't much better. Self Esteem Apr 2025 #32

Because corporate media (all of it, not just Faux Noise) drmeow Apr 2025 #38

K&r nt Fiendish Thingy Apr 2025 #2

This Implies a Nasty Circularity FrankTC Apr 2025 #4

Well said. And that collapse and demise won't happen pleasantly. Visions of guillotines... erronis Apr 2025 #5

Sort of like watching toddlers playing. Biophilic Apr 2025 #6

As I grow older, I think more often of a scene from a movie... keep_left Apr 2025 #7

For some reason I'd completely forgotten that scene. Biophilic Apr 2025 #8

Could be the reason for Fermi's Paradox. LudwigPastorius Apr 2025 #44

Makes sense... keep_left Apr 2025 #45

After he is done in 2028, I don't think people will be hungering for more of Republican crap LymphocyteLover Apr 2025 #10

Term limits are for losers. King trump (or his dynasty) will rule forever. erronis Apr 2025 #11

yes, there is that LymphocyteLover Apr 2025 #13

Trump will be done in '28 and we will have elections in '26? You're more optimistic than I am. elocs Apr 2025 #40

I think we will have elections in 2026. I don't think Trump will be done himself LymphocyteLover Apr 2025 #48

DON'T OVERTHINK IT. The rich and the wannabe Hitlers know which buttons to push. usonian Apr 2025 #14

24/7/365 right wing propaganda news is fueling this concept in a big way. hadEnuf Apr 2025 #15

They aren't "populists." They are demagogues. valleyrogue Apr 2025 #16

They don't even have to be populists to win BaronChocula Apr 2025 #17

Makes me think of victims' acceptance of the abusers in many situations. erronis Apr 2025 #19

And yet Stockholm Syndrome BaronChocula Apr 2025 #27

old enough to remember when Democrats were populists and GOP'ers were globalist pigs. WarGamer Apr 2025 #18

Right wing populism is based on fear as well: fear of change, fear of the unknown, and fear of the other andym Apr 2025 #20

Trump sold himself as a populist by being anti-establishment, that's it. Republicans are not populists. betsuni Apr 2025 #21

It's brainwashing; it's the mass media Mysterian Apr 2025 #22

I didn't know that T.V.s had built-in channels. Thought it was based on the cable provider. erronis Apr 2025 #34

Every brand of smart TV has their own set of streaming channels Mysterian Apr 2025 #37

I guess I'd come at it from a slightly different angle. meadowlander Apr 2025 #23

I really like your explanation. And it's not just education, but the ability to think critically. erronis Apr 2025 #24

There are educated, well to do MAGAs who are hateful and mean people. Irish_Dem Apr 2025 #31

You can get a degree without being educated and you can be educated without a degree. meadowlander Apr 2025 #39

Yes the topics you list appear to be quaint relics of yesteryear. Irish_Dem Apr 2025 #41

Hear Freaking Hear!! OldBaldy1701E Apr 2025 #47

It doesn't bother them that Elon Musk the wealthiest man in the world JI7 Apr 2025 #25

Author doesn't understand that for Republican voters the wealthy are in the "Us" category, not the "Them." betsuni Apr 2025 #35

LBJ was right alarimer Apr 2025 #29

Here's my version of this ancient truth: Morbius Apr 2025 #43

This is the result of 40 years of grooming by republicans... Bread and Circuses Apr 2025 #30

Why can't everybody just do their own lives? EnergizedLib Apr 2025 #36

Yes, and there IS a Way Forward--as the editorial concludes SorellaLaBefana Apr 2025 #46