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Trump is a populist running on his party base's concerns after they've been whipped up for the past decade about how evil everyone else is. And reaping the long
by ethbro 11y ago
Trump is a populist running on his party base's concerns after they've been whipped up for the past decade about how evil everyone else is. And reaping the long-term consequences of the Southern Strategy of the 1950s/60s Republican party.
Also, he's #121 on the Forbes 400 richest Americans.
Sanders is funding from small donors, but he's #2 in a two person Democratic primary race.
I'm not seeing an explanation here that consoles me about money not having an oversized impact on American democracy.
And "what everyone kind of knew" (but was illegal) is far different from 'explicitly condoned by the Supreme Court.'