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In reply to the discussion: The Billionaires Plan To Escape From Us [View all]WSHazel
(627 posts)30. Trump, and Bannon, Miller and others, sold their voters retribution against the "elite"
And Trump delivered. The U.S. stock market has lost about $10 trillion in value in the last two months. That came out of someone's pocket, and many of those were the "elites" that Trump's voters want punished. Throw in academics, journalists, white collar workers, and that is a good stew of those deserving punishment as far as Trump's voters are concerned.
Democratic voters today are often highly educated knowledge workers that are increasingly comfortable economically and socially liberal. Those are the "libs" that Trump's voters want "owned".
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It was not that logical. We just had a stupid president born with a silver
MadameButterfly
Apr 2025
#40
Trump, and Bannon, Miller and others, sold their voters retribution against the "elite"
WSHazel
Apr 2025
#30
That is an inaccurate characterization of pre-17th century England and Europe as a whole
WSHazel
Apr 2025
#31
Exactly...to say nothing of the fact they will actually have to pay a lot of their wealth to the government of the
PortTack
Apr 2025
#19
Too damn much money does that to a person. I can think of no deeper Hell than only having the super rich
Beowulf42
Apr 2025
#20
This is from a Guardian opinion a few days ago titled The Rise of End Times Fascism
Ponietz
Apr 2025
#24
The billionaires have decided I don't really need my pittance of a social security check
Walleye
Apr 2025
#26