re: #167 Anymouse

Most people don’t pay attention to what’s going on around them. I suspect Germany was very much like that in 1932 and 1933:

The average person didn’t know what was happening, and the Depression made it worse. Along comes a demagogue who says only he can save the society, he has all the answers, and he knows exactly what groups of people are causing society;s ills.

Sound familiar?

The only real major difference is we’re not in the midst of a massive depression, we’ve not dealing with a country that is at rock bottom, with people needing a wheelbarrow of dollars to afford a loaf of bread. We can take some heart that people will feel financially secure enough now that Trump fucking with social issues will rankle them. That if the economy takes a dive it will drag him along with it. But that’s not going to do much for the damage he can do while he’s still got Congress in his back pocket.