(March 16, 2016 at 12:58 pm)Brian37 Wrote: NO, you may not think that of yourself, but you are supporting a party that uses fear to get votes, and it only takes a few to buy that fear to hold everyone else hostage.
And that's one of the big problems with our two party, winner take all system. We're seeing how easy it is for someone charismatic to step up, feed off of people's fear largely borne of ignorance, and intensify that fear, creating a feedback loop.
Now, it's not all Trump, but this is the culmination of the Tea Party movement. Ignorance is championed. Hate is fuel. Fear must be obliterated rather than understood. Bravado above all else. The only thing missing is a trend to evangelicalism, and, well, that's what Cruz is for.
At least the Germans had crippling post-war poverty to blame for wanting to listen to a person who had easy answers. What's our excuse?
"I was thirsty for everything, but blood wasn't my style" - Live, "Voodoo Lady"
