1/ Large groups of desperate people are a national security risk, whether here or in other corners of the world. They form a petri dish out of which mass societal dysfunction is almost inevitable. This led to the emergence of Hitler in Germany after WW I among other examples.
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2/ Starting with Reaganomics in 1980 & continuing for 40 yrs, the majority of Americans were squeezed into the painful confines of a system where economic & social opportunity consistently & increasingly dried up for them so that a tiny few Americans could grow obscenely wealthy
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3/For 40 yrs the trend continued. Repubs bought totally into corporate domination of our govt & society, leaving vast millions to suffer; Dems tried to eliminate pain on the periphery but they too refused to challenge underlying corporate forces that made the suffering inevitable
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4/ By 2016 a critical mass of Americans realized the economy was rigged against them & cried out in legitimate rage. Only 2 presidential candidates named their pain, however: the authoritarian populist Donald Trump and the progressive populist Bernie Sanders.

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5/ But now of course, all that rage has turned into a mass psychosis led by a dictatorial leader the likes of which is to be expected by anyone with even a basic awareness of how groups operate. Political officialdom has been arrogantly blind to a fire set right under their noses
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6/ what is the answer now? For Biden to institute quickly & vigorously a massive infusion of economic hope & opportunity into the life of the average American. Nothing short of that will quell the fire & provide a compelling alternative to the seductive lure of the dark magician.
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7/ Another point to add: whenever such phenomena occur a tool of the authoritarian is to scapegoat a group of groups that don’t fit into what is essentially a “master race” theory: Blacks, Jews, immigrants etc.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Andrew Yang's entire candidacy was about the pain & suffering of Americans left behind to fend for themselves. That's what UBI was & is still all about
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Replying to @marwilliamson
The average Trump voter was well-off. The economy was worse in 2012 than in 2016. Why do people forget this? It’s race!!!!
Replying to @marwilliamson
Economic inequality has grown under EVERY President since Regan. There are no good guys here. Never forget that.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Thank you for presenting the truth. FFS!
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Why don’t you pray it away like you prayed the hurricane to destroy the Bahamas? GFY.
Replying to @marwilliamson
Trump and Bernie have a lot in common. One of which is yelling rigged when they lose elections. Turned out great for our country @BernieSanders @SusanSarandon. Make no mistake about why we are where we are today. Two men with toxic masculinity and a quest for power.
Replying to @marwilliamson
And the Democrats shoved back the progressive populist twice in a row. Trump was the closest we could get to challenging the status quo while the 1% imported cheap labor for domestic tasks, offshored the rest and told us if we didn't like it we were communists.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
People think Trump is disgusting and dangerous. But Democratic leadership preferred running status quo Hillary to providing people with a real alternative. And now they've shoved '94 Crime Bill Joe down our throats because they hate Bernie as much as they hate Trump.
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