Indeependent
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Trump attacked both parties.I would never have voted for Biden if it wasnât because of all those pro-Trump lunatics who even before the election freely talked about Civil War, about liberals and Democrats being âcommunists,â etc. etc.
These assholes were constantly encouraged by Trumpâs demagogy. Trumpâs incompetence at governing was bad â but not at all decisive for me. Trumpâs policies on immigration or protectionism or his terrible foreign policies were also not decisive for me. I myself have deep criticisms of corporate Democrats (and Republicans) on all these issues, and on some of them I even agree with what Trump claims he stands for.
You canât âDrain the Swampâ or change the country for the better by attacking only one party, or by nostalgic MAGA sloganeering. You canât âoverthrow the Establishmentâ just by relying on one man, especially one blowhard of a man, a narcissist utterly without character or principle, unable to work as part of a team. It was only Trumpâs utter instability and demagogic divisiveness that forced me to vote for that asshat Biden. I think enough independents and thoughtful people likewise voted to prevent what they saw as a dangerous drift to chaos and Civil War, so Trump is finished and there is no threat ... for the moment.
But future demagogues lurk in the wings, and U.S. society remains highly susceptible to the demagogy of MAGA nationalism and reactionary nostalgia.
But your prose IS pretty.