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The US has lost faith in the American dream. Is this the end of the country as we know it?
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 10 Nov 2024
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I still think a bloody class war would go a long way.
More than half your class is too busy licking their boots to unite against them. They’re grateful for the scraps they’re being given, while worshipping their masters.
I completely agree. That’s why Fox News exists. It was meant to create the bootlickers, and create the division.
There's a lot more than Fox out there echoing the narrative that times are hard, inflation is killing you, and there aren't enough homes to go around. Wapo and NYT would happily recount Trump's claims that it's because immigrants are taking all the houses and jobs while Biden policies are making everything expensive. Doesn't matter if they follow up with long-winded explanations that his claims aren't true, because most people stop listening when they hear there's someone to blame.
You make excellent points. The divide in this country was well researched, and well planned. The fears, and insecurities of the conservative base have been coddled, and amplified to great effect.
You see and hear it all the time, the "news" repeats the lie and says something like "and while there's some truth to that, what's more impactful......."
So they sort of disputed it but not really and they got to repeat the lie.
Trump was right about one thing, the media are not our friend. They've profited from him at every step, propped him up, coddled him, both sides of the media are complicit. When the pogroms start, I hope the talking head media elite are on the lists.
I think the boot lickers will change their minds when it starts to affect them.