Human Nature

[Thumpalumpacus]

@Thumpalumpacus

Trump is a fauxpulist, for example.  He's not white welfaring his chosen people to the promised land.  He's cashing in on marks.

... and at the same time selling supporters stuff like being able to be openly bigoted. It's a shitty quid pro quo where the cunts in the underclass feel empowered, and the cunts in the upperclass feel -- well, are -- enriched.

Blaming politicians for this is a sort of "Great Man" sense of history. Sure, a "Great Man" comes along every so often, but don't think for a moment he isn't riding the tides. Hitler capitalized on centuries of Central European antisemitism. Abe Lincoln made hay out of an abolitionist movement that was gaining ground for decades. Winston Churchill earned the good part of his reputation by giving voice to British stubbornness in 1940.